AMELIA BOYNTON ROBINSON, THE MATRIACH OF THE VOTING RIGHTS
MOVEMENT, CROSSES THE EDMUND PETTIS BRIDGE WITH PRESIDENT
OBAMA ON MARCH 7 IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA TO COMMEMORATE
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY, WHEN POLICE BEAT
AND GASSED HER AND LEFT HER FOR DEAD DURING THE
EPOCHAL CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH. SHE DIED IN AUGUST AT AGE 104.
MOVEMENT, CROSSES THE EDMUND PETTIS BRIDGE WITH PRESIDENT
OBAMA ON MARCH 7 IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA TO COMMEMORATE
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY, WHEN POLICE BEAT
AND GASSED HER AND LEFT HER FOR DEAD DURING THE
EPOCHAL CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH. SHE DIED IN AUGUST AT AGE 104.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES
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