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  • Crowds arrive in Selma for 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary

    03/07/2015 9:52:58 AM PST · by PROCON · 50 replies
    AP ^ | March 7, 2015
    SELMA, Ala. - Thousands of people are gathering in Selma, Alabama to see President Barack Obama at the 50th anniversary of a landmark event of the civil rights movement. Charter buses from across the nation are clogging traffic in the riverside town of 20,000. It's a carnival atmosphere with vendors selling souvenirs commemorating the violent confrontation called "Bloody Sunday."