Ala. Senate Votes to Rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge

The historic Edmund Pettus Bridge, known for its significance during the civil rights movement as the site of Bloody Sunday and the starting point of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, could be getting a new name following a vote Wednesday by the Alabama Senate, the Montgomery Adviser reports.

Democratic state Sen. Hank Sanders of Selma sponsored the resolution, which calls for the bridge to be renamed the Journey to Freedom Bridge, according to the news site. Students UNITE, a grassroots movement, reportedly prompted the resolution, collecting some 180,000 signatures on a Change.org petition calling for the iconic structure to be renamed

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