Over the coming days over thousand workers in the city went on strike. Although protests were peaceful, troops were brought in to support existing forces in the city. Father Gapon organised a petition complaining about working conditions in the city and calling for change. It was signed by over thousand people. On 22 January , Father Gapon led a march to deliver a petition to the Tsar. A transcript of his testimony is presented in the following pages.
Lewis: The line stopped at that time. Hall: You stopped still? Lewis: Yes, sir. Lewis: We stopped right then. Hall: Then what happened? This demonstration will not continue. You have been banned by the Governor. I am going to order you to disperse. The events leading to Bloody Sunday. Image source, PA. The Stormont government had banned such protests.
Troops were deployed to police the march. How the day unfolded. However, Army barricades blocked marchers. Many demonstrators marched towards Free Derry Corner. At GMT, soldiers began to open fire. What was the immediate response? The Saville Inquiry. Image source, Pacemaker. Derry's Guildhall Square was packed for David Cameron's apology on behalf of the state in This primary source comes from the Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This memo to Mr. Belmont from A.
Rosen criticized the violent actions of Alabama State Troopers, with no provocation, against the protesters on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, It gives detailed information on the events that occurred on what came to be known as "Bloody Sunday. James M. Barbo of Mobile, Ala. It came to be known as Bloody Sunday. The violent response from Alabama State Troopers and a mob of citizens was broadcast on national television for all to see. Citizens from around the country were largely shocked by the way the marchers were abused, and many wrote to the government to express their outrage.
This memo identifies James M. Barko as the FBI special agent reported to have "testified that he thought state troopers acted in the public interest by breaking up the march with tear gas" in the Washington, D. The attempted march came to be known as Bloody Sunday after it was stopped by police troopers who used tear gas and violence to disperse the marchers. The FBI received letters from the public who were outraged at the agent's remarks. This newsreel reports on the impact of "Bloody Sunday," March 7, , when marchers tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, just outside of Selma, Alabama, on their way to Montgomery Alabama, in demonstration for voter registration.
It was a defining moment in the modern civil rights movement. Televised footage of the brutal attack on demonstrators by Alabama State Troopers and a mob of citizens dramatically shifted much of public opinion in favor of the protesters. President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had also witnessed coverage of the events of Bloody Sunday, publicly backed their cause.
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