Edmund Pettus Bridge

Edmund Pettus Bridge

has been designated a 

 

National Historic Landmark

 

This site possess national significance for its association with "Bloody Sunday," a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement. Here, on March 7, 1965, law enforcement officers violently attacked peaceful marchers. Media coverage of the confrontation raised public awareness of the need for voting rights legislation and resulted in a national outcry that pressured congress to pass the voting rights act of 1965.

 

2013

 

National Parks Service
United States Department of the Interior