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for Montgomery on March 7, 1965 and were met with clubs
and tear gas at the Edmond Pettus Bridge, just six short
blocks away. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the group
on a symbolic walk 2 days later to bring awareness to
the situation. After appealing to a Federal judge,
permission was granted for the march which began with
2500 and ended with 25,000 people marching the 50 miles
to Montgomery.
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