On March 7, 1965, state and local police used billy clubs, whips, and tear gas to attack hundreds of civil rights activists beginning a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery.
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Sources:
https://www.history.com/news/selma-bloody-sunday-attack-civil-rights-movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/mar/07
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bloody-sunday/