Selma to Montgomery: Pivotal in Civil Rights

The attacks were captured by television and news cameras and the images of the angry, racist police horrified viewers across America. Photographs of this woman, later identified as
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The attacks were captured by television and news cameras and the images of the angry, racist police beating on black marchers appeared on newspapers and in magazines around the world. IN particular, photographs of this woman, later identified as Amelia Boynton, a civil rights activist who had been beaten and gassed nearly to death, horrified all who saw them.

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