For foot soldiers of the movement, celebration comes amid concerns about new voting restrictions and Trump administration’s ...

In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...

A pivotal moment unfolded in Selma ... States The marches, which culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, were a powerful demonstration of nonviolent protest and civil ...

On March 7, 1965, one of the most vicious attacks by American law enforcement on American Citizen's in U.S. history occured in an event known as Bloody Sunday.

Much of his archive from those monumental Selma protests have been newly restored and ... was brutally attacked as he left a ...

“My biggest takeaway is to try things that worked in the past — march and protest is what ... an estimated 600 peaceful marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Even though no one ...

In an op-ed, SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang reflects on 60 years of struggle, marching and sacrifices for civil, ...

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 ...

Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...

Big protest marches without follow-up steps could ... Yet Nash’s plan came to fruition early in 1965, with the march from Selma to Montgomery. By then the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement ...

The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery. The events run from March 3-23 ... had two main goals — to protest voter suppression, and to ...