WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: On the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement: "59 years ago, over 600 activists marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in opposition of Jim Crow laws and in search of a more fair and just world. Led by giants of the Civil Rights Movement like John Lewis, their peaceful protest was met with a bombardment of violent attacks by Alabama State Troopers. more PR