On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day we revisit a Madison mother/daughter visit to the Edmund Pettus bridge

Almost 60 years ago, civil rights marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama were violently attacked by police and a citizen “posse”. We know that event now as “Bloody Sunday”. One Madison mother-daughter duo traveled to Alabama to reenact the moment in a special episode of Wisconsin Life.Stay with us, we’ll be right back.//HOST INTRO: In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, we’re revisiting one of our favorite Wisconsin Life stories. Back in 2015, a mother and daughter from Madison traveled down to Alabama to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, walking in the footsteps of historic Civil Rights leaders.