Breaking Down Barriers to Freedom- March 7, 1965 - 3 Marches total--- - Purpose of March 7th- voting rights movement led by John Lewis who was also a key coordinator of the March on Washington in 1963 - Dates :March 7th, March 9th, March 21st, 1965 - March7th- Known as "Bloody Sunday" - 600 people were stopped at the bridge by state and local police they used tear gas and batons- on the order of the Alabama Governor