Part 1 Blood On the Bridge: Gun Violence from Bloody Sunday to Today

The scars of Selma run deeper than the Edmund Pettus Bridge. In Episodes 5 & 6, we uncover how white leaders weaponized economic power against Black residents who dared to march for their voting rights in 1965. This isn't just about police batons and tear gas—it's about the devastating financial retaliation that followed, creating ripples of hardship that Selma still feels today.Join us as we explore how the loss of jobs, denial of loans, and systematic economic punishment shaped generations of families in Selma. We connect the dots between this historic economic warfare and modern challenges, from persistent poverty to gun violence, revealing why the fight for voting rights and economic justice remains inseparable from building safer communities.Co-Executive Producers: Venkayla Haynes and Nomsa HamptonProduction Company: Optic Production + Za Lab Productions ATL