Pettus was regarded as a hero in his native state and adopted hometown of Selma, a lawyer and statesman who served as a U.S. senator. But he was also a decorated Confederate general and a leader in the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-edmund-pettus-180954501/
He was another confederate bitch whose name MIST BE REMOVED from that bridge, replaced by John Lewis’ name.
NOW!
I just can’t believe it stood that long.