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Alabama Considers Renaming Selma's Historic Civil Rights Bridge
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03.06.2015
Alabama senators took a step toward renaming Selma’s Edmund Pettus bridge, a historic site in the voting rights movement that also bears the name of a Ku Klux Klan officer.
Senators approved a resolution on Wednesday to rename it the Journey to Freedom Bridge. The bridge became a symbol of the fight for voting rights after marchers were beaten by state troopers there in 1965.
The bridge is Selma’s most notable landmark, but its KKK association has drawn the ire of some in the majority black city. Pettus was a US senator, a Confederate general and a KKK grand dragon.
Senators approved a resolution on Wednesday to rename it the Journey to Freedom Bridge. The bridge became a symbol of the fight for voting rights after marchers were beaten by state troopers there in 1965.
The bridge is Selma’s most notable landmark, but its KKK association has drawn the ire of some in the majority black city. Pettus was a US senator, a Confederate general and a KKK grand dragon.
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