A person takes a photo of the march over the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that ...
In 1965, activists started a march from Selma to Montgomery to demonstrate the right to vote. However, as they were crossing ...
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...
Thousands gathered in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and advocate for voting rights.
It was 60 years ago that about 600 protesters preparing to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were brutally ...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill ...
Christburg was 8 years old when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. attempted to lead hundreds in a march from Selma to Montgomery, ...
The atrocity of “Bloody Sunday” helped move public sentiment, and eventually helped bring about the passage of the landmark ...
Civil rights advocates fear that current ideological divisions and erosion of voting rights will have a dangerous impact on ...
The Bloody Sunday anniversary is not just about commemorating history. It is about ensuring that we do not repeat it.
“What happened on Bloody Sunday is worthy of remembering so that we will never forget it,’’ she said. Throughout the weekend, there will be a host of commemoration events spearheaded by ...