At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point that is man’s unending search for ...

The Equal Justice Initiative, the organization behind Montgomery's National Memorial for Peace and Justice, is now opening ...

On Sunday, March 9, civil rights leaders gathered at the City Hall steps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Edmund Pettus.

Discover how the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and shaped American history.

Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...

John Reynolds returned to Selma for the 60th anniversary of both the SCOPE program and the Selma to Montgomery march.

So it was last week in Selma, Alabama.” — President Lyndon Johnson The ... President Johnson signed it on August 6, with ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a moment that marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.

This Sunday leaders from throughout Alabama and the nation will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march and the infamous Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Legend holds that the month of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. In the District, Saturday confirmed the first part of the old saying, as the first of March produced fierce and ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into the stories of female leaders ...