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.

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 ...

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...

A continuum in the struggle for equal rights 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.

"My encouragement to them is get in the fight now," says Lydia Chatmon, director of programs at the Selma Center for Nonviolence. A continuum in the struggle for equal rights From the 1865 Battle ...