Examines the civil rights struggle in the United States, specifically highlighting the violent response to a peaceful protest on March 7, 1965 in Selma Alabama--an incident later known as Bloody Sunday. Seven years later, another bloody Sunday occurred in Northern Ireland when 10,000 Catholics protested the abusive treatment by British soldiers, who would arrest and hold those suspected of IRA ties without trial. Each of the incidents helped galvanize the call for civil rights in its country. Includes archival photographs, a Fast Facts section, a glossary, critical thinking questions, and an index.