March for 'Bloody Sunday'

Hundreds gathered on Sunday in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 60^th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when a group of peaceful demonstrators marched for African-Americans' voting rights and were brutally beaten by police.

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Selma - Hundreds gathered on Sunday in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 60^th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when a group of peaceful demonstrators marched for African-Americans' voting rights and were brutally beaten by police.

As the group began marching the 80km to the southern state's capital on 7 March, 1965, state troopers blocked their path and attempted to turn them back.

The police began beating the protesters when they refused to disperse, leaving at least 17 hospitalized and 40 others needing treatment, with the violence documented by accompanying journalists.