ROANOKE CITY, VA – Roanoke residents gathered Saturday, March 7, to mark the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the 1965 attack on peaceful voting rights marchers in Alabama that helped spur passage of the Voting Rights Act.
The Roanoke chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference hosted a remembrance event at the Dumas Center, where speakers, community leaders and residents talked about the legacy of the march and what movement-making looks like today.
Donna Davis, guest speaker and director of community engagement at Melrose Plaza, explained how she remembers the day…