Bloody Sunday occurred on March 7, 1965. A non-violent protest
march was organized starting in Selma and ending in Montgomery. Just short of
the bridge that the protestors had to cross to reach Montgomery they were met
by state troopers who ordered them to turn around. When the marchers refused
they were beaten with billy clubs and sprayed with teargas. The above video
show some of the images captured on Blood Sunday. Live footage of the assaults was
televised around the world which led to more protestors traveling down to participate
in marches. This ultimately helped further the civil rights movement.
This video is a interview of Alabama’s Governor George
Wallace about the police brutality in Selma, Alabama on Bloody Sunday. The
interview was shown on CBS news. The reporter’s question Wallace about how
necessary the violence taken against the non-violent protestors was. Wallace
also shows how other forms of news media were reporting other police brutality.
This video shows that the media was helping to spread a pro-civil rights
movement sentiment across the nation.
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