Modern issues focus of Alabama march anniversary
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Marchers will do more than commemorate history when they cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge and recreate the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery — they will target Alabama's new voter ID and immigration laws.
Peaceful demonstrators in 1965 were attacked on that bridge by police in what became known as "Bloody Sunday." The violence helped spark passage of the Voting Rights Act eliminating discrimination at the polls.
Organizers of this weekend's march say new voter ID laws could disenfranchise about 5 million voters.
They expect thousands to cross the bridge Sunday in Selma, with hundreds making the 50-mile march to Montgomery over the next week. The march ends March 9 with a rally at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once served.
© 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Peaceful demonstrators in 1965 were attacked on that bridge by police in what became known as "Bloody Sunday." The violence helped spark passage of the Voting Rights Act eliminating discrimination at the polls.
Organizers of this weekend's march say new voter ID laws could disenfranchise about 5 million voters.
They expect thousands to cross the bridge Sunday in Selma, with hundreds making the 50-mile march to Montgomery over the next week. The march ends March 9 with a rally at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once served.
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