The late Georgia Congressman John Lewis was one of the leaders of what was supposed to be a march from Selma to Montgomery, ...

The late Rep. John Lewis and Hosea Williams led the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. SELMA, Ala. - On Sunday, March 9, 2025, a large group gathered in Selma, Alabama ...

“Selma residents really led this movement." The fight for voting rights continues today. This week, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which aims ...

Democracy needs defending. This generation has a rendezvous to cross its Edmund Pettus Bridge. Let them take inspiration from ...

The attack that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of ...

President Lyndon Johnson gave a pivotal speech to Congress a week later, calling Selma a turning point in ... Jr., center, and John Lewis, a crowd estimated by police at 5,000, marched across ...

Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary ... The legislation is named for John Lewis, the late Georgia congressman who was at the lead of the Bloody Sunday march. The annual celebration will ...

SELMA, Ala. (AP ... The legislation is named for John Lewis, the late Georgia congressman who was at the lead of the Bloody Sunday march. The annual celebration will conclude with a ceremony ...