What those patriotic Americans showed us is that ours is a government of the people where everyday Americans can stand up and ...

(WIB) – Although many freedom fighters and faith leaders make the yearly March pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama in commemoration of the hundreds of civil rights activists injured by police on March 7, ...

The cities of Selma and Montgomery will soon commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March ...

Readers lament the self-censorship of public figures who fear retribution from the administration. Also: Remembering Selma; ...

60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma SELMA, Ala. — People make the pilgrimage annually to walk across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge, where on March 7 ...

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

SELMA, AL – Sixty years have passed since a group of peaceful protesters were severely beaten after crossing the Edmund ...

Last weekend I joined a group of colleagues, civil rights leaders, and community members in Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. It is an important time to ...

"Bloody Sunday" catalyzed support for ... clear that we are going to fight back," he said. Selma native Godfrey King told AFP ahead of the march that his "father was thrown in jail for the right ...

Sixty years ago this month, on March 7, 1965, hundreds of African-Americans gathered in Selma, Alabama ... Black Americans turned violent on “Bloody Sunday,” when protesters were brutally ...

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.