Almanac for March 7th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for March 7th: https://ko-fi.com/post/March-7-S6S2JAOV1

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Bummer March 7th

March 7, 1965: Civil rights protestors marching in a peaceful protest from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama are brutally beaten and tear gassed by Alabama state troopers and members of the county posse in what becomes known as Bloody Sunday. Amelia Boynton, one of the organizers of the peaceful protest, was beaten unconscious. 14-year-old Lynda Blackmon Lowery required 35 stitches for injuries to her head. Future U.S. Representative John Lewis was hit in the back of the head with a billy club and suffered a skull fracture.

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