James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was ...

In Orwellian juxtaposition, this weekend marked the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when racial justice marchers “rewrote the story of the civil rights movement in their blood” even as the current ...

House Republicans unveiled a bill that has to be approved by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. And, what we know about ...

A march on the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge on Sunday will commemorate the Selma, Alabama “Bloody Sunday” march. Other ...

65 photographs by Spider Martin on view now through June 1, 2025, at the the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts reveal an intimate, first-hand perspective of the Selma to Montgomery March in its entirety.

A pivotal moment unfolded in Selma, Alabama, beginning on March 7, 1965. Roughly 600 courageous demonstrators launched a march that caught the attention of the entire nation. Activists sought to ...

In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...

SELMA, ALABAMA - MARCH 01: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) arrives to speak to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment marking the 55th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday on March 1 ...

The event is known as "The Annual Pilgrimage to Selma," and features a festival of arts and music ahead of the March to Restore Voting Rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Hakeem Jeffries of ...

the Selma to Montgomery March, and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee will begin March 6 with dozens of events planned. Here are some of the major events: ...