# Edmund Pettus Bridge
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The edmund pettus bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business (US 80 Bus.) across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Winston Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central span of 250 feet (76 m).
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With us is 77 year-old Dr. Barbara Williams Emerson, who has spent her life at the crossroads of activism and education, poking and prodding institutions to actually live up to their grand mission statements. She’s been in the trenches of voter rights, affirmative action, and higher education, prov…
The Talk of TROY - "Trojan Day & The 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday"
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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe with Forest Isaac Jones
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Getting Back Up: John Lewis’ Legacy of Resilience
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Bring It On! – January 18, 2021: MLK, Jr. Day Keynote Speaker, Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, and Robin Winston on Transitioning to the Biden Presidency
Today We Honor A Legacy
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