The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...

One demonstrator, Jimmie Lee Jackson -- who had entered a cafe with his mother to escape the violence -- was shot by police. He died a week later. The idea of a march from Selma came from the ...

MORE: Kamala Harris in Selma to mark 59th commemoration of ... helped spur the historic march amid the violence that plagued many voting rights demonstrations at the time. The violence and ...

They came toward us. Beating us with nightsticks, trampled by horses, releasing the tear gas. I thought I was gonna die on ...

The words “Make America Great Again” were emblazoned across the image, drawing parallels to the blatant violence of the Jim ...

Nancy Parker has attended the Selma march every year since she was 16 ... batons and other weapons. The violence was reported nationwide, and after two more Alabama marches, it ultimately shocked ...

The violence culminated with Bloody Sunday ... “Each year, our team takes a pilgrimage to Selma to commemorate the Bloody Sunday march led by courageous, non-violent foot soldiers whose ...

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is set to display "Selma is Now: Civil Rights Photographs" a series of photos taken by ...

Part of his legacy includes leading a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery in March of 1965. Demonstrators were fighting racial voter discrimination. It’s been nearly 60 ...