In 1965, activists started a march from Selma to Montgomery to demonstrate the right to vote. However, as they were crossing the bridge, they were attacked by law enforcement.
Thousands gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to celebrate and memorialize Civil Rights leaders who marched in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.
A special edition of the First Alert Desk with reporters Julia Avant and Simon Schuessler as thousands gather to mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most shocking days of the 1960s movement.