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On what bridge in Selma, Alabama did Martin Luther King Jr. lead peaceful protests?
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#112201. Asked by star_gazer. (Jan 18 10 11:15 PM)
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serpa
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The Edmund Pettus Bridge, named for Edmund Winston Pettus, a Confederate brigadier general, and eventual U.S. Senator, is a bridge in Selma, Alabama. It is infamous as the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965), where armed officers attacked peaceful civil rights demonstrators.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Pettus_Bridge
On March 9, Dr. King led about 2,500 marchers out to the Edmund Pettus Bridge and held a short prayer session before turning the marchers back around, thereby obeying the court order preventing them from marching all the way to Montgomery. But only the SCLC leaders were told of this plan in advance, causing confusion and consternation among many marchers, including those who had traveled long distances to participate and put their bodies on the line in nonviolent opposition to police brutality. King asked them to remain in Selma for another attempt at the march once the injunction was lifted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
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