PHOTOS: Crowds gather for 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in Selma

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Saturday, March 7, 2015
A large crowd forms near a stage where President Barack Obama will speak and then take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 2015, in Selma, Ala.
The Rev. Al Sharpton waves to supporters before President Barack Obama and others take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 2015, in Selma, Ala.
A large crowd forms near a stage where President Barack Obama spoke and took a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 2015, in Selma, Ala.
A large crowd forms near a stage where President Barack Obama will speak and then take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 2015, in Selma, Ala.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks with people before President Barack Obama and others take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 2015, in Selma, Ala.
PHOTOS: Crowds gather for 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in SelmaA large crowd forms near a stage where President Barack Obama will speak and then take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 2015, in Selma, Ala.
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SELMA, Ala. -- Crowds gather on March 7, 2015, before a speech by President Obama marking the 50th anniversary "Bloody Sunday," a civil rights march in which protestors were beaten, trampled and tear-gassed by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Ala.