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Bloody Sunday: A flashback of the landmark Selma to Montgomery marches

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On March 7, 1965, civil rights activists organized a march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama to press for voter registration rights for African Americans in the south. However, they were violently confronted by local authorities along the way.Mar.21.2018

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