Alabama Lawmakers Advance Legislation To Alter Name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge
Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge was initially named after Pettus, a Confederate general and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader, in 1940. Then in the 1960s, it became a powerful symbol of the ongoing civil rights movement. Marchers, including the late great John Lewis, led a peaceful protest across the bridge and were met with...