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Obama, Clinton mark infamous civil rights clash at Selma

SELMA, Ala. -- The top two Democratic presidential contenders fought Sunday for the support of African-American voters in a place infamous for a bloody clash between voting rights protesters and police.

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spoke on the 42nd anniversary of the 1965 Selma voting rights march, a turning point in the civil rights movement that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

On that day, police, enforcing Gov. George Wallace's ban on demonstrations, attacked more than 500 protesters with tear gas and batons as they marched from Selma to Montgomery.

After their speeches, Obama and Clinton greeted each other at a rally re-enacting part of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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