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

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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

Advocates are gathering in Selma, Alabama, this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" amid fears of a ...

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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 ...

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.