By Glynn Wilson – The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama — the scene of the infamous civil rights march on March 7, 1965 that came to be called “Bloody Sunday” — made the most recent list of national historic landmarks announced by the Obama administration this week. International outrage over the violence helped create…
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March for America Crosses the Historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
Glynn Wilson SELMA, Ala. — Official estimates are not in yet, but it appears the 47th Anniversary of the historic Civil Rights march from Selma-to-Montgomery could be the largest ever, in part due to the involvement of organized labor incensed at the anti-union activities of Republicans across the country, as well as Latinos taken aback…
