Sightseeing
IconicNational Memorial for Peace and Justice
Under $25Walk beneath more than 800 hanging steel monuments naming victims of racial terror lynchings, county by county.
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Edmund Pettus Bridge
Edmund Pettus Bridge is a sightseeing stop in Selma, AL, part of the Alabama Black Belt guide. Cost: free.
US-80 Business over the Alabama River · Selma, AL
Why you should go…
The Edmund Pettus Bridge, built in 1940 and now a National Historic Landmark, carries US Route 80 Business over the Alabama River in Selma. On March 7, 1965, law enforcement attacked voting rights marchers here in what became known as Bloody Sunday. Because of the bridge's design, marchers could not see the officers on the east side until they reached the top. A later march reached Montgomery on March 25, and the Voting Rights Act was signed less than five months after.
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