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But "Bloody Sunday" at Selma outraged the nation and gave President Lyndon Johnson cover to press for the Voting Rights Act.
The method succeeded to perfection when Alabama state troopers bludgeoned and tear-gassed the Selma march led by Lewis in 1965.
Put that pair in your personal ad, and you'll be dating my aunt Helen (if you're a man) or my uncle Morty (if you're a neat and prudent gay man) or my uncle Herb (if you're a straight woman and his mother, my great-aunt Selma, says it's OK).
John Lewis, a giant of the civil rights movement, who was seriously injured by Wallace's thuggy troops at Selma.
Employing historical footage, the film also shows state troopers attacking voter-registration marchers in Selma on March 7, 1965, with tear gas and clubs.