United States, Alabama, Dallas County, 32.32597, -87.10648United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211Spider Martin1965-03-07On March 7, 1965, John Lewis led around 600 civil rights activists across the Edmund Pettus Bridge toward Montgomery, Alabama. The marchers were beaten by Alabama state troopers in an incident that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday." More than twenty years later, Lewis was elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from Georgia.Photograph of John Lewis and Hosea Willaims facing off with Alabama State Troopers, who gave them a two-minute warning to turn around. Lewis and Williams lead around 600 civil rights activists across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama toward Montgomery, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The marchers were beaten by Alabama state troopers in an incident that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday." More than twenty years later, Lewis was elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from Georgia.image/jpegNational Archiveshttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/john-lewis-b-1940Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/john-lewis-b-1940Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaCivil rights workers--Alabama--SelmaAfrican American civil rights workers--Alabama--SelmaCivil rights demonstrations--Alabama--SelmaProtest marches--Alabama--SelmaAfrican Americans--Civil rights--AlabamaCivil rights--United StatesMen--Alabama--SelmaAfrican American men--Alabama--SelmaPolice--Alabama--SelmaBridges--Alabama--SelmaCivil rights movements--Alabama--SelmaDemonstrations--Alabama--SelmaSelma (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th centurySelma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965Edmund Pettus BridgeStillImage