Mary McBride-Lee Recounts “Bloody Sunday” That Transformed The Civil Rights Movement May 22, 2023 Lennie Grimaldi News and EventsNo Comments </p> <p>She marched on behalf of the right to vote and was there in 1965 for a <a href="https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">turning point</a> in the civil rights movement when peaceful marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers.</p> <p>City Councilwoman Mary McBride-Lee, a city faith leader and educator, is sharing her story in a book “At The Foot Of The Edmund Pettus Bridge On Bloody Sunday.”</p> <p>McBride-Lee grew up in Selma, Alabama when blacks were a majority but had no voting voice.</p> <p>On March 7, 1965 McBride-Lee marched for voting rights joining thousands of peaceful protesters who suffered a violent crackdown by the Alabama State Police. A national television audience gasped at the brutal beatings of civilians–nightsticks, whips, tear gas, many troopers on horseback–transforming public opinion about a federal law to ban disenfranchisement of Black voters.</p> <p><img src="https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/346059844_655189419755749_2060255010782747834_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=f8beK86gpA4AX-m6Wan&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=00_AfC6lHpJaI0b_03Ebl7PpqSiEGtrd0vrlf2LJr0v86e7xg&oe=646FD54E" alt="May be a graphic of 2 people and text that says 'Buk Signing INVITED... Event ARE AT THE FOOT OF THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE ON BLOODY SUNDAY "I Closed My Eyes and Startod 1Just Knew CHANGE My OF MARK ESAM MUND ETTUS BRIDGE YOUR CALENDARS DATE!!! TIME!! BLOODY SUNDAY JONSASNERANEBOOSIGNGOFAUTK J” BOOK SIGNINGOF AUTHOR MARYA.MCBRIDE-LEE'S BOOK. 27TH MAY 20TH, 2023 10AM RUBY & CALVIN FLETCHER African American History Museum 952 E. Broadway Stratford, CT 06615 an Activist and Civil Leader, this book will guide you through the eyes of black woman who stood... "At Foot Edmund Pettus Bridge On Bloody Sunday".'"></p> <p>“Not only did I put my life in jeopardy, but my whole family, but it was worth every moment,” McBride-Lee would say on the 50th anniversary of the event in 2015.</p> <p>On Saturday May 27, McBride-Lee will share her recollections during a book signing at the Ruby & Calvin Fletcher <a href="https://africanamericanmuseumct.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">African American History Museum</a>, 952 East Broadway in Stratford.</p> <p> 0
