Molly Lanzarotta attended the Poor Peoples Campaign commemoration on the Common and at the State House of Bloody Sunday in 1965, when armed goons under the control of the county sheriff, some on horseback, attacked and beat peaceful civil-rights marchers in Selma, AL. National outrage over the attack - ABC News broke into a broadcast of "Judgment at Nuremberg" to show footage from Selma - lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Source: New York Times March 03, 2024 05:20 UTC