Beshear goes to Selma for anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — Governor Andy Beshear travelled to Selma, Alabama for a march and Unity breakfast marking the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Beshear joined other politicians and civil rights leaders in remembering the historic events.

On March 7, 1965, activists were reportedly beat and injured while trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.

Governor Beshear says there were Kentuckians who participated in the 1965 event.

“We have to take steps to make up for an imperfect past and that’s what today is about,” Beshear said. “It is about unity and putting that that puzzle together even though we might not have all the pieces and even though we might not know what the end looks like. What we know is that it’s our job to strive for a better world, and we cannot leave a broken country to our kids and grandkids.”

Officials say the historic march and other efforts led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.