Home USA Alabama Edmund Pettus Bridge: A Civil Rights Flashpoint Brutal Suppression of Unarmed Marchers... USAAlabama Edmund Pettus Bridge: A Civil Rights Flashpoint Brutal Suppression of Unarmed Marchers Awakens the Nation By orangewalkabout - November 6, 2017 774 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a National Historic Landmark in Selma, Alabama, famous as the starting point of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery protest march.