Faith Petric’s century of folk music and social movements. Singing for Justice reveals the story of Faith Petric (1915-2013), a political radical, musician, mother, worker and grandmother who united ...

“Selma, Lord, Selma” was also turned into a made-for-TV film by ... The movie “Selma” tells the story of the urgency of the march from Selma to Montgomery following the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson and ...

Sixty years after John Lewis and hundreds of Civil Rights activists were beaten by the Alabama State Police, thousands returned to Selma and the Edmund Pettus Bridge to remember one of the bloodiest ...

LORD, THAT BLOW FOR FREEDOM SONGS AND HOPE FILLING ... I'll be there making that march across the bridge once again. SELMA, Ala. — I normally get nervous when covering major stories, but when we ...

LORD, THAT BLOW FOR FREEDOM SONGS AND HOPE FILLING THE ... Organized by Alabama native John Lewis, the plan was for demonstrators to peacefully march the 50-mile stretch from Selma to Alabama's ...

Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965 SELMA, Ala. -- Charles Mauldin ...

Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...

Thousands gathered in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and advocate for voting rights. Speakers at the event emphasized the ongoing fight for voting rights and ...

60 events to mark it The original Voting Rights Act came about as a result of the Selma to Montgomery March after Bloody Sunday. In 2013, the Supreme Court disbanded a portion of the law that ...