How the images of John Lewis being beaten during 'Bloody Sunday' went viral
- Written by Aniko Bodroghkozy, Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
John Lewis, in the foreground, is beaten by a state trooper during a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala., on March 7, 1965.AP PhotoOn March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
TV reporters and photographers were there, cameras ready, and the...
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