Keywords: Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama LCCN2010639142.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes The Edmund Pettus Bridge named for Edmund Winston Pettus a Confederate brigadier general and eventual U S Senator It is famous as the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday March 7 1965 where armed officers attacked peaceful civil rights demonstrators who were attempting to march to the state capital of Montgomery ; Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 090 ; Forms part of the George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010639142 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/07300/07326a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 07326 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 07326 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Forms part of the George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |