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

Students will learn about the 1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery during the Civil Rights Movement. They will examine the ...

They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.

Click here to sign up. Campaign leaders decided it was time for a dramatic gesture — a march from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery, 54 miles away. On March 7, 600 protesters left Brown ...

To commemorate the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Rep. Terri Sewell introduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

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 ...

Selma, Alabama, has a population less than 20,000 people. As organizers welcome thousands of visitors to commemorate the 60 th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, planners say 2025 ...

This Sunday, leaders from throughout Alabama and the entire country will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March and the infamous Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Then on March 21, this time under the protection of federal authorities, the Selma-to-Montgomery March was finally allowed to take place. The message from their 54-mile trek made an impact.