HomeLocalSelma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’: What to know about the march for civil rightsSelma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’: What to know about the march for civil rightsSun, February 21, 2021SHARE NOW A peaceful march in protest of racial injustice set out from Selma, Ala., on March 7, 1965, but was met with violent resistance from local law enforcement in an event that became known as “Bloody Sunday.”