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March 7, 1965
from Selma to Montgomery
first attempt to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge
What: A terrible beating during a march
What prompted the March?
Organizers and martyrs:
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Diane Nash Prathia Hall
Marie Foster
Viola Liuzzo (killed by Ku Klux Klan)
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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