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Edmund Winston Pettus (* 6. Juli 1821 im Limestone County, Alabama; † 27. Juli 1907 in Hot Springs, North Carolina) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker ( Demokratische Partei ). Er vertrat den Bundesstaat Alabama im US-Senat und war ein hochrangiges Mitglied des Ku-Klux-Klan .
Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army , commanding infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War .
Pettus served as chairman of the state delegation to the Democratic National Convention for more than two decades, and he was Grand Dragon of the Alabama Klan during the final year of...
24. Juli 2020 · Edmund Pettus was a lawyer, politician and Confederate officer who became a U.S. senator and a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. He was also the namesake of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where civil rights activists faced violence in 1965.
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27. März 2023 · Edmund Pettus (1821-1907) was a Confederate general, lawyer, and U.S. senator from Alabama. He served in the Mexican War, the Civil War, and the U.S. Senate, and was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama.
7. März 2015 · Noch immer prangt in schwarzen Lettern der Name des Ku-Klux-Klan-Führers Edmund Pettus auf dem Stahlbogen jener Brücke in Selma, auf der am 7. März 1965 weiße Polizisten hunderte schwarze ...
Edmund Pettus Bridge, bridge crossing the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama, that was the site of what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” a landmark event in the history of the American civil rights movement. On that day, March 7, 1965, white law-enforcement officers violently dispersed protesters, the
