Photos: Thousands reenact 'Bloody Sunday' march in Selma

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Photos: Thousands reenact 'Bloody Sunday' march in Selma

Thousands reenact 'Bloody Sunday' march in Selma

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Lynne Abbott (foreground left), of Huntsville, Alabama, and Marie Lambert (foreground right), Tampa, Florida, take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Lynne Abbott (left), of Huntsville, Alabama, and Marie Lambert, embrace in the middle of the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they take a symbolic walk on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Lynne Abbott (foreground left), of Huntsville, Alabama, and Verna Pearson, of Tampa, Florida, embrace in the middle of the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they take a symbolic walk on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Nina Swain, of Roswell, takes pictures of crowds of people taking a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge while she visits her hometown Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - A participant holds a sign as crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Participants take pictures as crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Rachel Black (foreground) takes a picture of Rob Zeigler, both of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Nathan Knight, of Atlanta, sings as crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Pamella Golson (background), of Tampa, Florida, cheers as she and her friends take a symbolic walk on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Verna Pearson, of Tampa, Florida, can't hide her emotion as she and her friends take a symbolic walk on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Nathan Knight (center), of Atlanta, sings as crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - A participant takes a picture of the bridge sign as crowds of people take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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March 8, 2015 Selma, Alabama - Lynne Abbott (foreground left), of Huntsville, Alabama, and Marie Lambert (foreground right), Tampa, Florida, take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Thousands of people took part in a bridge crossing reenactment in Selma on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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