Late congressman and giant of Civil Rights movement to cross Edmund Pettus Bridge, where he was beaten by police in 1965
Then 25 years old, Mr Lewis was bludgeoned by police who hit him with clubs, fracturing his skull, in what became the movement's"Bloody Sunday" on 7 March 1965. Dozens of others were injured, including Amelia Boynton, who was left unconscious. Horrific images spread by the media and outrage that followed helped spur the passage of the Voting Rights Act to prevent racial discrimination at the polls.
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