Black-Jewish unity is the call of the hour: op-ed
Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, a key turning point in American history transpired in the heart of Alabama, when hundreds of peaceful demonstrators marching for Black voting rights were violently ...
Alabama Political Reporter5d
Alabama mayors participate in roundtable about antisemitism
Mayors from across Alabama gathered in Montgomery this weekend to participate in a roundtable hosted by the Counter ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency17d
Black activists wore kippahs in the ’60s – now ‘freedom caps’ are back
Fifty-one years ago this week, hundreds of people marched from Selma ... weeks later, Martin Luther King Jr. led a successful march across the bridge to the state capital with Heschel by his ...
Montgomery Advertiser9d
Friday makes 60 years since the Selma to Montgomery bridge crossing: 60 events to mark it
In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...
Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee 2025: Commemorating 60 years since “Bloody Sunday”
The historic city of Selma, Alabama, is preparing to welcome thousands of visitors for the 60th anniversary commemoration of “Bloody Sunday” and the subsequent Selma-to-Montgomery ...
USA Today9d
Friday makes 60 years since the Selma to Montgomery bridge crossing: 60 events to mark it
Events, many of them free, include a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery.
Yahoo9d
Friday makes 60 years since the Selma to Montgomery bridge crossing: 60 events to mark it
That day on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, the African American walkers led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams had two main goals — to protest voter suppression, and to air their demands for ...