News photo. On reverse: Selma, Ala., March 5 — Thousands March In Selma. Thousands of demonstrators march through Downtown Selma and onto Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday. The march is in memory of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rights march. In 1965, State Troopers beat back the demonstrators as they crossed the bridge. AP Laserphoto AP LEAFAX