Students in Selma, Alabama, have started a petition to change the name of a bridge that honors a purported member of the Ku Klux Klan. Protestors marching for black voting rights were beat after they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, and for the 50th anniversary this weekend President Obama will visit the landmark and give an address.
Selma Students Want To Change The Name Of Bridge Honoring Alleged Kkk Member
Catherine Garcia, The Week
Tue, 03/03/2015 - 10:55pm
Topics: bloody sunday, ku klux protestors edmund pettus bridge bloody sunday march obama confederate u.s senator rev joseph lowery the associated press alston fitts civil war michael fitzgerald minnesota's st olaf college white league july war south selma alabama klan pettus pettus pettus he kkk students change alleged member rights
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