Civil rights leaders gather in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and call for continued ...
Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation ...
In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...
The Newark Star Ledger: “Tear gas and clubs crush Selma march.” And Alabama’s Huntsville Times: “Inevitable Selma violence was not long in arriving.” Inevitable violence. Selma ...
J. Farley, a formerly enslaved builder and designer. During the civil rights movement, the church served as a meeting place ...
Their first attempt on March 7 ... victims of violence by white supremacists or members of the Ku Klux Klan. In January 1965, civil rights activists targeted Selma for voter registration drives ...