Vice President Harris to mark ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary in Selma

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of a landmark civil rights moment. Harris will speak as part of the annual remembrance of “Bloody Sunday,” on the bridge where, on March 7, 1965, white state troopers attacked Black voting rights marchers attempting to cross. The images of violence at the Edmund Pettus Bridge — originally named for a Confederate general — shocked the nation and helped galvanize support for passage of the Voting Rights Act. It struck down impediments to voting by African-Americans and ended all-white rule in the American South. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Harris’ upcoming visit on Tuesday.