On February 18 in Marion, Alabama, state troopers violently broke up a nighttime voting-rights march during which officer James Bonard Fowler shot and killed young African-American protester Jimmie Lee Jackson, who was unarmed and protecting his mother. Spurred by this event, and at the initiation of Bevel, on March 7 SCLC and SNCC began the first of the Selma to Montgomery marches, in which Selma residents intended to march to Alabama's capital, Montgomery, to highlight voting rights issues and present Governor George Wallace with their grievances. On the first march, demonstrators were stopped by state and county police on horseback at the Edmund Pettus Bridge near Selma. The police shot tear gas into the crowd and trampled protesters. Televised footage of the scene, which became known as "Bloody Sunday", generated outrage across the country. A second march was held on March 9, which became known as "Turnaround Tuesday". That evening, three white Unitarian ministers who participated in the march were attacked on the street and beaten with clubs by four Ku Klux Klan members.The March to Montgomery ~ Civil Rights Movement Archive. The worst injured was Reverend James Reeb from Boston, who died on Thursday, March 11.
On februaRY 18 iN mARiON, alAbama, staTe troOpers viOLenTly brokE Up a nighttime vOting-rights maRch duriNg Which OFfiCeR jameS BOnArd FowLer shot aND kILLed Young AFrIcan-amEricAn prOtEster JImMIE lee JaCKSon, Who wAs uNarMEd and pROtectiNg hIs motheR. spurReD bY ThIs EVEnt, anD AT tHE INitIaTiON of BevEl, on marcH 7 sCLc AnD SnCC beGan the first oF tHe selma to montgomeRy marcHes, in whIch seLMa residents iNtEndeD To mARch To Alabama'S CApiTaL, MOntGomerY, to hIGhlight voting rIGhtS IssUES And PrEsent govErnOr george WaLLAcE with their grIevances. on tHE FIrst MArcH, DEmONstratOrS were stoppEd by state ANd cOunTy POlIce on hOrSebacK at the edmund pettus bridge neaR selMa. ThE polICE shoT TeAR gAS into the CroWD ANd trampled protesters. tELeviSed foOTage of the scene, which becamE knoWN as "bloodY suNday", geNerAteD outraGE acroSs THe counTry. A secONd MaRCh was held On mARch 9, which bEcamE kNOWn as "turnARound tuesdAy". THaT eVenInG, thrEE whIte unitArIan MiniSteRS who participaTed In tHE mARCh Were Attacked oN The streET and beaTen wITh clUBS By four ku klux klan mEmberS.tHe MaRCh TO monTgomEry ~ ciVil rIghTS movement ARchive. the wOrST InJUred was rEvErend jAmEs rEeB FrOm bostoN, Who dIEd on thursday, mArch 11.