He died a week later. The idea of a march from Selma came from the desire to "go to Montgomery with Jimmie Jackson, take his body and lay it on the steps of the capital," said Marion civil rights ...

Sr. Lum’s other nursing positions include Good Samaritan School of Practical Nursing in Selma, St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing in Elmira, New York, University of Rochester Nursing and Nurse ...

3,000 people assembled in Selma, Alabama on March 21st to march on foot to the state capital in Montgomery 54 miles away. Dr. Martin Luther King addressed the crowd at a concluding rally near the ...

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 ...

was not the only rabbi on the march. JTA reported that several rabbis were arrested for their participation: Rabbis jailed by Selma police during the weekend for participating in demonstrations ...

Two juveniles, aged 16 and 17, are facing capital murder charges following a fatal shooting at a Selma Walmart. The victim, 40-year-old Marcus Martin, was an "innocent bystander," officials say ...