Did you know that Bloody Sunday occurred on March 7, 1965 when people were attacked for seeking voting rights? The voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (about 50 miles) began with only 600 demonstrators but reached 25,000 by the time they reached the capitol. Each one of the marchers added to the strength of the movement that resulted in passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on […]