Bloody Sunday 50th Anniversary

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama March 7, 2015. With a nod to ongoing U.S. racial tension and attempts to limit voting rights, Obama declared the work of the Civil Rights Movement advanced but unfinished on Saturday on a visit to the Alabama bridge that spawned a landmark voting law. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) U.S. President Barack Obama leads a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with first lady Michelle Obama, their daughters Malia and Sasha, members of Congress, former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura and civil rights leaders in Selma, Alabama March 7, 2015. The event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march at the bridge, where police and state troopers beat and used tear gas against peaceful marchers who were advocating against racial discrimination at the voting booth. REUTERS/Gerald Herbert/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) U.S. President Barack Obama leads a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with first lady Michelle Obama, their daughters Malia and Sasha, members of Congress, former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura and civil rights leaders in Selma, Alabama March 7, 2015. The event commemorates the 50th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march at the bridge, where police and state troopers beat and used tear gas against peaceful marchers who were advocating against racial discrimination at the voting booth. REUTERS/Gerald Herbert/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) A media truck drives ahead to capture U.S. President Barack Obama leading a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama March 7, 2015. With a nod to ongoing U.S. racial tension and attempts to limit voting rights, Obama declared the work of the Civil Rights Movement advanced but unfinished on Saturday on a visit to the Alabama bridge that spawned a landmark voting law. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY MEDIA) Students from "Students Unite" walk along the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) Students from "Students Unite" pose for pictures along the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) Moises Mason sits on his father Jeff's shoulders as their family walk along the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) Students from "Students Unite" and other people walk along the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) People walk along the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) Thaddeus Jackson sells t-shirts as he walks along the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) People walk along the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) A man hawks his t-shirts which say "Hands Up Don't Shoot" before the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) A young boy sleeps as he is wheeled over the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) Thousands of people march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) Thousands of people march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) People walk along the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march in Selma, Alabama March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY)
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