Reenacting Bloody Sunday march in Las Vegas

NEWS: A Las Vegas Sorority is reenacting the march which galvanized the Civil Rights Movement in 1965.

VEGAS CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMATHETA IS RE-ENACTING THEPLANNED 54-MILE MARCH - - RIGHTHERE IN THE VALLEY.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER SEANDELANCEY HAS THE DETAILS.NINA - - WITHOUT THE BRAVEMARCH OF 600 CIVIL RIGHTSACTIVISTS 55 YEARS AGO THISMONTH - - LAWS ALLOWING AFRICANAMERICANS TO VOTE - MAY NEVERHAVE BEEN PASSED.THOSE MARCHERS WERE SUPPOSEDTO WALK 54 MILES - - BUT THEYONLY MADE IT SIX BLOCKS - ANDTHE POLICE WHO STOPPED THEMSHOCKED THE NATION.TODAY - THE LAS VEGAS ALUMNAECHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMATHETA SORRORITY - - ISCELEBRATING THEIR 107 YEARHISTORY OF SERVICE TOCOMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY- BY REENACTING THAT MARCH.THE SORORITY WAS FOUNDED BY 22AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ATHOWARD UNIVERSITY - - IN 1913- WHEN RACIAL OPPRESSION WASEVEN MORE INGRAINED IN THE U-S.THIS MARCH - WILL BE MUCH MOREPEACEFUL THAN THE BLOODY SUNDAYMARCH IN SELMA - - WHERE STATEPOLICE AND COUNTY DEPUTIES TEARGASSED AND BEAT THE PEACEFULACTIVISTS INTO RUNNING AWAY.VIDEO FROM THAT TRAGEDY - - WASBROADCAST NATIONWIDE THE SAMENIGHT - - GALVANIZING THE CIVILRIGHTS MOVEMENT INTO THE MINDSOF A NATION.AND PRESSURING CONGRESS TO PASSTHE VOTING RIGHTS ACT LATERTHAT YEAR.TODAY'S MARCH BEGINS AT THESAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE CHURCHON NORTH MARTTIN LUTHER KINGBOULEVARD - - AND HEADS OVER TOTHE CAREY AVENUE MARTIN LUTHERKING STATUE AROUND NOON.EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN.SEAN DELANCEY - 13 ACTION NEWS.55 YEARS LATER AFRICAN