March 7, 1965: Bloody Sunday

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🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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A crowd of 600 people began a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to protest for voting rights when they were met with resistance from state troopers. When the protesters refused to disperse, the officers got violent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Monday, March 7th, 2022.
0:05.0	On this day in 1965, the police attacked civil rights protesters outside Selma, Alabama.
0:14.0	The event would become known as Bloody Sunday.
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0:59.3	parcast due to the graphic nature of this crime listener discretion is advised this episode includes
1:05.5	descriptions of police violence that some people may find offensive we We advise extreme caution for children under 13.
1:12.6	Today we'll be talking about 1965's Bloody Sunday, a vicious confrontation between police and peaceful civil rights protesters.
1:22.6	Now let's go back to Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965.
1:31.3	Around 600 demonstrators had gathered to call the U.S. government's attention to voting rights issues.
1:38.3	Though the Civil Rights Act had been passed the previous year,
1:41.3	black Americans still face discrimination at the voting
1:45.1	booth, especially in the South.
1:47.8	The intimidation led to skewed voter numbers.
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