The late Georgia Congressman John Lewis was one of the leaders of what was supposed to be a march from Selma to Montgomery, motivated by the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a Black man shot by a ...
"People are afraid," Selma's mayor told more than 30 Congress members at the start of a weekend of remembrance.
Students will learn about the 1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery during the Civil Rights Movement. They will examine the ...
The bill, H.R. 14, would strengthen the legal protections against racial discrimination in voting and representation.
On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late Congressman John Lewis, gathered for a peaceful march ...
In a move to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the historic Selma to Montgomery March, U.S.
Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...
President Lyndon Johnson gave a pivotal speech to Congress a week later, calling Selma a turning point in ... Jr., center, and John Lewis, a crowd estimated by police at 5,000, marched across ...
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