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| Keywords: The Edmund Pettus Bridge 04116v.jpg Edmund Pettus Bridge Selma Alabama 2006 April 11 1 photograph digital TIFF file color accession number Reproduction Number LC-DIG-highsm-04116 original digital file Call Number LC-DIG-highsm- 04116 ONLINE P P institution Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp print The Pettus Bridge was the site of Bloody Sunday March 7 1965 where state and local lawmen attacked civil rights demonstrators who were attempting to march from Selma to the state capital Montgomery Named for Edmund Winston Pettus a Confederate brigadier general and U S Senator the bridge carries U S Route 80 over the Alabama River and is part of the Selma-to-Montgomery National Historic Trail Title date and subjects provided by the photographer Credit line Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Gift and purchase; Carol M Highsmith; 2009; DLC/PP-2010 031 Forms part of Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive LOC-image highsm 04116 creator Carol M Highsmith PD-Highsmith 45th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March | ||||
