What name was given to the first of the confrontations on the edmund pettus bridge during the march on selma?

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Cullen Mata

1 December, 03:17

What name was given to the first of the confrontations on the edmund pettus bridge during the march on selma?

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Jaiden Blackburn · Answer 1

Bloody Sunday was the first of the confrontations happened on the Edmund Pettus Bridge at the time that civil rights marchers headed southeast out of Selma. There were estimated 525 to 600 marchers who were beaten with nightsticks, and troopers also fired tear gas.