ELLIOTT: That's Lydia Chatmon, director of programs at the Selma Center for Nonviolence. From the 1865 battle of Selma at the end of the Civil War to the 1965 voting rights battle, she says Selma ...

From the 1865 battle of Selma at the end of the Civil War to the 1965 voting rights battle, she says Selma has always been at the center of change. CHATMON: ...

Modern day civil rights activists are working to fight poverty and violence in the city that gave birth to the Voting Rights Act 60 years ago.

It's been 60 years since the historic Civil Rights March in Selma, Alabama. Protesters demanded equal voting rights for African Americans. State troopers met those calls with shocking violence. That ...