Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907... 18 KB (1,785 words) - 19:07, 25 April 2024 |
Selma to Montgomery marches (redirect from Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee) Herald. "edmund+pettus+bridge"&pg=PA22 Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 1995. Retrieved August 22, 2010 – via Google Books. "edmund+pettus+bridge"&pg=PA6... 110 KB (13,035 words) - 22:25, 28 March 2024 |
Lewis led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where, in an incident which became known as Bloody Sunday, state... 197 KB (16,084 words) - 16:53, 1 May 2024 |
Freedom City 2017 wanted to use the Tyne Bridge to symbolically hark back in history to Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama where King was involved... 25 KB (2,248 words) - 13:31, 17 April 2024 |
Hosea Williams of SCLC, and Selma activist Amelia Boynton, cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge and approach a line of state troopers who put on gas masks. The troopers... 71 KB (6,112 words) - 19:47, 24 March 2024 |
in Selma, Alabama, on the 35th anniversary of the march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge. His mother Mamie Till-Mobley attended and later wrote in her memoirs:... 144 KB (17,549 words) - 06:22, 28 April 2024 |
they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge into Dallas County. Boynton was beaten unconscious; a photograph of her lying on Edmund Pettus Bridge went around the... 27 KB (2,786 words) - 13:58, 1 May 2024 |
Augustine Pettus (16th century), forebear of the Pettus baronets Bill Pettus (1884–1924), U.S. baseball player Dedra Pettus (died 1981) Edmund Pettus (1821–1907)... 2 KB (315 words) - 15:25, 5 February 2024 |
the violent police suppression of civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge (1965) and calling for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.... 22 KB (2,291 words) - 17:24, 29 April 2024 |
in the first attempt at the Selma to Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, known as Bloody Sunday. Webb was born on February... 8 KB (871 words) - 16:47, 24 March 2024 |
, and for leading, with John Lewis, the famous march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 that led to the passage of the landmark... 9 KB (407 words) - 23:29, 13 April 2024 |
joined original marchers, including John Lewis, in crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. In July 2015, Obama journeyed to Coachella Valley while coming to... 159 KB (14,741 words) - 22:48, 28 April 2024 |
Alabama state troopers attacked civil rights activists crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Yulia Navalnaya: Widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei... 39 KB (3,807 words) - 02:12, 30 April 2024 |
Voting Rights Act. On March 5, Jackson attended an event on the Edmund Pettus Bridge commemorating the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and spoke with... 215 KB (20,361 words) - 01:45, 27 April 2024 |
joined with Alabama state troopers in attacking the protesters on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the outskirts of Selma in an event that came to be known as "Bloody... 15 KB (1,596 words) - 14:32, 4 April 2024 |
massive Alabama State trooper and police blockade as they cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Many marchers are injured. This march, initiated and organized by... 157 KB (19,376 words) - 15:25, 5 February 2024 |
formats. On March 7, 1965, John Lewis, a young man, stands on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama with fellow civil rights activists during the Selma... 32 KB (3,750 words) - 19:05, 25 February 2024 |
activists ignored his ban. Six hundred unarmed marchers headed for the Edmund Pettus Bridge to cross the Alabama River and go to the state capital. When the... 34 KB (4,106 words) - 14:57, 26 April 2024 |
massive Alabama State trooper and police blockade as they cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge into Dallas County. Many marchers are seriously injured, including... 65 KB (7,591 words) - 18:58, 17 April 2024 |