Nikkei Progressives members on the Edmund Pettus Bridge at the 60th anniversary commemoration of Bloody Sunday and the March for voting rights in Selma, Ala., in March 2025
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Some 15 Nikkei Progressives members, friends and relatives traveled to Montgomery, Ala., in March to attend the 60th anniversary of the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The event commemorated Bloody Sunday, which took place on March 9, 1965, and became one of the most pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement after law officials brutally attacked activists as they attempted to cross the iconic bridge. While in Montgomery, members of the Nikkei Progressives group also visited the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum, National Monument for Peace and Justice (National Lynching Memorial) and the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, as well as Michelle Browder’s Mothers of Gynecology.
