He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.

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

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

The Selma to Montgomery National Historic ... who was a Confederate general and US Senator. John Lewis and Hosea Williams attempted to march across the bridge on March 7, 1965 along with other ...

The son of Alabama sharecroppers, John Lewis became a major leader ... the Freedom Rides, and the Selma-to-Montgomery march. As chair of SNCC he coordinated voter registration and community ...

The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil ... Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, and other activists led a series of protest marches in Alabama. During the weeks in which ...

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

Billboards which were recently erected in Montgomery quickly caused controversy and many in the city took to social media to ...

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 ...

Two weeks later, marchers under the protection of the National Guard and federal marshals began the trek from Selma to Montgomery. The march concluded in Montgomery on March 25. The national ...