The Las Vegas chapter of Delta Sigma Theta is hosting a march in remembrance of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama 55 years ago this month.
On March 7, 1965 around 600 people attempted to march for voting rights when Alabama state troopers violently attacked the peaceful demonstrators.
The Las Vegas march begins today at 12 p.m.
Near Martin Luther King and Lake Mead boulevards.
The public is encouraged to attend.
Nedra Cooper explains the significance of the local march with 13 Action News Reporter Sean DeLancey.