Selmas Bloody Sunday Commemorated

The March 1965 voting rights march in Selma, Alabama, which was violently attacked by state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, was commemorated this past weekend with another gathering at the bridge.

And besides honoring the historic march, a new march is setting out from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the state's immigration law and new voter ID law.

Congressman John Lewis, a hero of the Civil Rights Movement, was in Selma yesterday, and is featured in an excellent segment broadcast by CBS News. Congressman Lewis, who was 22 when he helped lead the 1965 march, thought he might die that day. Veteran CBS correspondent Bill Plante was there as a young reporter.

President Obama issued a statement honoring the 1965 marchers, stating, "Today, we remember their courage in the face of danger and the spirit of perseverance that helped lead to iconic legislation like the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. We also recommit ourselves to their struggle and to the idea that we should always seek a more perfect union."

Besides the recommended segment at CBS News, coverage of yesterday's events also appears at USA Today, the Birmingham News, and BET.

Photograph: Participants in the march from Selma to Montgomery in March 1965/Getty Images