This Jubilee was a revival of spirit and purpose, not a retrospective, with the goal of encouraging people in the audience to ...
Hundreds of people rallied at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to mark 60 years since "Bloody Sunday," when authorities beat peaceful protesters who were marching against race ...
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...
In 1965, activists started a march from Selma to Montgomery to demonstrate the right to vote. However, as they were crossing ...
Thousands gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus bridge to celebrate and memorialize Civil Rights leaders who Marched in the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...
Standing at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where hundreds of Foot Soldiers were attacked 60 years ago while ...
Reflecting on past struggles and emphasizing the importance of voting, the aging foot soldiers are urging younger generations to continue the fight for racial justice and equal voting rights.
Events, many of them free, include a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery.
For Jackson’s family, being present in Selma at such a pivotal point in the fight for ... when a then 25-year-old John Lewis ...
Sixty years after John Lewis and hundreds of civil rights activists were beaten by the Alabama State Police, thousands ...