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Coordinates: 32°24′20″N 87°01′06″W 32.405487000000001, -87.018426000000005

Edmund Pettus Bridge

  • Location & Contact Information
    • Address: U.S Route 80 Selma AL USA
    • Telephone Number: +
    • Official Website: []
  • Overview

Edmund Pettus Bridge, named for Edmund Winston Pettus, a Confederate brigadier general, and eventual U.S. Senator, is a bridge in Selma, Alabama. It is infamous as the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965), where armed officers attacked peaceful civil rights demonstrators.The bridge carries U.S. Highway 80 across the Alabama River.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Edmund Pettus Bridge Wikipedia.ORG. Accessed May 2009.
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