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60th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' marked in Selma amid concerns about future of voting rights

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Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday .

The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965 .

Members of Congress joined with Bloody Sunday marchers to lead a march of several thousand people across the Edmund Pettus Bridge .

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English

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