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People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during 'Bloody Sunday" commemorations on March 9. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images A rally outside Selma's Brown Chapel AME Church during ...
Melody Shari and Mayor Steven Reed honored 1965 Selma marchers and today’s justice leaders at a 60th anniversary reception in ...
Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans. Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, ...
As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ said Bryan Stevenson.
President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the march by delivering a speech at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. It is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Selma to Montgomery.
We will cross Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lewis and Williams went to the front of the line to begin their initial march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Young went to the back, a strategic move ensuring that he would at least not get ...
In honor of April 11, World Parkinson’s Day, civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson is sharing his experience living with the ...
The foot soldiers are helped across the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that Black Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote on Sunday in ...
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The marchers were ...