Lawmakers cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma during Civil Right Pilgrimage

Published: March 2, 2024, 5:56 p.m.

Bloody Sunday may have happened 59 years ago, but the violence of that day is also about "what is happening right now" in America, a congressional delegation said Saturday as they gathered on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.

Congresswoman Terri Sewell talks with people at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., while leading the Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage on Saturday March 2, 202
Congressman Steven Horsford, right, and Congresswoman Terri Sewell hold a press conference on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., as part of the Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage on Saturday March 2, 202
Congressman Steven Horsford, from left, Congresswoman Terri Sewell and Selma Mayor James Perkins, Jr.,pose for photos on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., as part of the Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage on Saturday March 2, 202
Congresswoman Terri Sewell talks with people at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., while leading the Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage on Saturday March 2, 202
The Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage makes a stop on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on Saturday March 2, 202
Congressman Steven Horsford, from left, Congresswoman Terri Sewell and Selma Mayor James Perkins, Jr., hold a press conference on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., as part of the Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage on Saturday March 2, 202
Congressman Stenny Hoyer, center, walks on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., as part of the Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage on Saturday March 2, 202
Congresswoman Terri Sewell talks with people at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., while leading the Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage on Saturday March 2, 202
Congressman Steven Horsford, from left, Congresswoman Terri Sewell and Selma Mayor James Perkins, Jr., hold a press conference on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., as part of the Annual Faith and Politics Civil Rights Pilgrimage on Saturday March 2, 202