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epa08263343 Democratic Representative from Georgia John Lewis speaks to people as he crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the 55th anniversary commemoration of the 'Bloody Sunday' crossing of the bridge, in Selma, Alabama, USA, 01 March 2020. Nearly 600 people marching for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, USA, on 07 March 1965 were tear-gassed and beaten by a county posse and state troopers at the bridge. The events led to passage of the voting rights act by the US Congress. EPA/AL DRAGO