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Selma 30th anniversary recalls Bloody Sunday and voting rights
In Selma Alabama the 30th anniversary events mark the 1965 march to Montgomery for voting rights. The piece notes the bridge assault, later gains, and current racial divides as residents reflect on progress and ongoing job struggles. Local figures including Mayor Joe Smitherman and Sen Hank Sanders discuss change and continuity.
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Selma
Ala
Marcus Rush
Brown Chapel Ame
Martin Luther King Jr
Rush
Lee Marshall
Marshall
Montgomery
Edmund Pettus Bridge
King
South
Joe Smitherman
Joseph Lowery
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
U.S
John Lewis
D-Ga
Alabama Capitol
Sanders
Smitherman
Dallas
The
Elks Club
Zola Myles