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Preservation of Selma's Bloody Sunday site a passion for 2 Auburn professors


Preservation of Selma’s Bloody Sunday site a passion for 2 Auburn professors
Auburn professors Richard Burt, right, and Keith Hébert are leading an interdisciplinary team of researchers dedicated to identifying the participants and details of Bloody Sunday—one of the most seminal moments in civil rights history that occurred in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. (Source: Auburn University)
By WSFA Staff | February 27, 2021 at 7:56 AM CST - Updated February 27 at 2:42 PM
SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Two Auburn University professors are working to preserve the historical significance of the area near Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of the 1965 event that became known around the world as “Bloody Sunday.” ....

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Passion project: Auburn professors joining forces to preserve historical significance of Selma's 'Bloody Sunday'


Interdisciplinary effort part of Auburn University’s annual Tiger Giving Day
Published: February 23, 2021
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Approaching Selma, Alabama, from the south on Highway 80, the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge looms large on the horizon as travelers begin the incline to cross the Alabama River.
Most drivers may not notice the 300-yard area before the bridge now a dilapidated row of mostly boarded-up businesses long since shuttered or even realize they are traveling through a historic site until they happen to catch a glimpse of the modest memorial park located to the bridge’s southeast as they head downtown. Two Auburn University professors Richard Burt and Keith Hébert are committed to changing that, as the four-lane roadway that heads toward the bridge was the site of one of the most seminal moments of the history of civil rights. ....

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