The annual march, fronted by Black women leaders, drew thousands of people - some who had witnessed the original marches
Republican John Lewis, who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, made a surprise appearance on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama as thousands marched to commemorate Bloody Sunday, when the civil rights activists faced a brutal police force while marching for voting rights.
Lewis, who led the march in 1965, was beaten that day, and left with a fractured skull and concussion.
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