In addition to The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund's contribution of $1 million, Leggs said the National Park ...

On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late Congressman John Lewis, gathered for a peaceful march ...

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.

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 ...

Hundreds gathered on Sunday in Selma ... in a column across the bridge as part of the commemoration. "We're here to remind people that there are human and civil rights that we are all entitled ...

This Jubilee was a revival of spirit and purpose, not a retrospective, with the goal of encouraging people in the audience to fight for justice.

Hundreds gathered Sunday in Selma, Alabama to mark the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when a group of peaceful ...

Two marches will be held on New York City bridges Sunday to mark 60 years since Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

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Hundreds of people rallied at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to mark 60 years since "Bloody Sunday," when ...

The population of the small historic town of Selma ... height of the Civil Rights era. A Jackson contemporary was John Lewis, the Alabama activist who was nearly killed on the bridge.

It's been 60 years since the historic Civil Rights March in Selma, Alabama. Protesters demanded ... state troopers on Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge. (SOUNDBITE OF EXPLOSION) UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE ...