Two Bloody Sundays: Civil Rights in America and Ireland

Two Bloody Sundays: Civil Rights in America and Ireland — page 5
Officers sprayed tear gas at marchers as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama’s governor told the protesters that they could not march He sent police officers and state troopers to Selma The police were supposed to make sure the protesters did not leave the city The protesters were prepared to make the journey anyway The Edmund Pettus Bridge was six blocks away from the church The bridge was on the road