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a day of brutality remembered as a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement. at any moment president biden will lead a crowd across the edmund pettus bridge. this is the site 58 years ago of bloody sunday, peaceful demonstrators calling for equal voting rights for black americans when white deputies turned on them. it became a seminal moment in the civil rights movement. as you can see, you see president biden joining hands with civil rights leaders, leading members of congress. i think one of the house democratic leaders, james clyburn is there as well as other civil rights leaders. they re going to cross the edmund pettus bridge in just a few moments. one thing we should note to our viewers is that the satellite images coming out of selma have been a little spotty at times. there you see it right now as the shot pulls out, the president biden linking hands with civil rights leaders and other african american leaders as they prepare to walk across the edmund pettus bridge

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