Alabama plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge
2 years, 8 months ago

Alabama plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would alter the name of Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those who were beaten on the bridge as they marched for civil rights in 1965. The Alabama Senate voted 23-3 for legislation that would change the official name to the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers Bridge.” However, the lettering on the famous bridge would remain unaltered. Allen said the name of the Edmund Pettus Bridge is famous across the world.

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Alabama plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge
2 years, 8 months ago

Alabama plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those who were beaten on the bridge as they marched for civil rights in 1965. The Alabama Senate voted 23-3 for legislation that would change the official name to the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers Bridge.” However, the lettering on …

Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee To Honor 4 Civil Rights Icons
3 years, 9 months ago

Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee To Honor 4 Civil Rights Icons

Huff Post  

This weekend marks the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the peaceful march of more than 500 demonstrators who walked from Selma to Montgomery across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where they were met with brutal violence by Alabama state troopers on March 7, 1965. In 2020, four civil rights icons died: Congressman John Lewis, who helped lead the march, Southern Christian …

Renaming Alabama bridge for John Lewis opposed in Selma
4 years, 5 months ago

Renaming Alabama bridge for John Lewis opposed in Selma

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Growing calls nationally to honor the late Rep. John Lewis by putting his name on the Alabama bridge where he and other voting rights demonstrators were beaten 55 years ago are being met with resistance in Selma, the majority Black city where “Bloody Sunday” occurred. Although about 480,000 people have signed one online petition to rename the …

Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma
4 years, 5 months ago

Move to rename ‘Bloody Sunday’ bridge has critics in Selma

Associated Press  

SELMA, Ala. — Thousands gathered in this river city in 1940 to dedicate a new bridge in honor of white supremacist Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader. Today, with thousands protesting nationwide against racial injustice, a years-old push is gaining steam to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of Rep. John Lewis, who led …

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