60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and the Civil Rights Movement

It was recently the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” which is a pivotal event that happened on March 7, 1965, during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. On that day, a peaceful march in Selma, Alabama, aimed at securing voting rights for African Americans, was violently interrupted by state and local law enforcement. As marchers tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were brutally beaten, leading to widespread outrage and drawing national attention to the struggle for civil rights. This event was instrumental in galvanising support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark piece of legislation that aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting. Bloody Sunday symbolised the larger Civil Rights Movement, which sought to end racial segregation and discrimination, advocating for equal rights for African Americans across the country.