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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 ...
This moment that seems like a setback is actually a setup,” LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, told theGrio.
The marathon continues. Last month marked the 60th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. That year, ...
Daviess County resident and self-proclaimed amateur historian, Victor Hollowell, along with his wife Cathy Sue Hollowell, took a trip to Alabama in July of 2018 to see several of the historic sights ...
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.
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.
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, ...
We will cross Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma this weekend, as we commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Some acts of history are worth more than a moment of remembrance — they deserve action. That belief inspired Daviess County ...
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 ...
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 ...