Selma became the national focus for the voting rights movement on Sunday, March 7, 1965 when 600 peaceful marchers were brutally attacked by mounted deputies and state troopers in what has become known as “Bloody Sunday.” Your students will stop at the Lowndes County Interpretive Center to learn about the events leading up to this historical event, and then visit the National Voting Rights Museum. The tour will conclude with a walk across the Edmond Pettus Bridge.
Your students will walk across this famous Edmond Pettus Bridge, the site of the Bloody Sunday attack on civil rights marchers by mounted deputies and state troopers. Then your group will visit the memorial park on the far side of the bridge honoring the victims of this senseless act of violence.
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Located mid-way between Selma and Montgomery, the Lowndes County Interpretive Center is a collage of historical events that occurred during the 1965 Voting Rights Movement. The tour begins with a 25-minute film “Never Lose Sight of Freedom” – an orientation to the critical events of that Movement. Following the movie, A park ranger provides an overview of Tent City – the peaceful protest march from Selma to the state capital in March 1965. The exhibits contain artifacts and vivid sculptures depicting the march.
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This museum was designed to create a repository of source materials on American history during the voting rights struggle. The museum contains exhibits and artifacts from the Movement and highlights the experiences which fueled Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery March.
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