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History for this countrys struggle for civil rights. It became to be known as bloody sunday. Police officers violently attacked protesters marching peacefully. Toda africanamerican president retraced those steps alongside dozens of others including former president george w. Bush. President obama took a moment to look back and forward enlisting a new generation into the fight. Nbcs Kristen Welker joins us from the bridge where protesters changed the course of history. Kristen. Reporter peter, good evening. The energy w. Its estimated as many as 40,000 people turned out from all across the country to honor the courageous men and women who risked their lives to fight for equality and justice on this bridge 50 years ago. 50 years ago he would have been met with troopers, tear gas and taunts. Today, the first africanamerican president clutched the hand of one of the men who made it possible for him to be here as they crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge, a symbol of how far america has come. I

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