In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...
TV news crews were there as well ... That same day, a federal judge clears the way for protesters to march from Selma to Montgomery. Johnson nationalizes the Alabama National Guard to protect ...
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 ...
Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville's Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were ...
"People are afraid," Selma's mayor told more than 30 Congress members at the start of a weekend of remembrance.