Remembering Selma and finding inspiration for what we face today in Florida, U.S. | Opinion
Democracy needs defending. This generation has a rendezvous to cross its Edmund Pettus Bridge. Let them take inspiration from ...
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Bloody Sunday: Selma marchers return 60 years later for 'ongoing fight'
The actions of Moore and the other marchers on Bloody Sunday helped lead to passage of the Voting Rights Act and enact real ...
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Bicycle ride will take same route as 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights
The Montgomery Bicycle Club will hold a 51-mile bike ride in honor of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march. The cost to participate is $265 for cyclists and $145 for non-riders. The event will ...
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1965 Selma to Montgomery March Fast Facts
It is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Selma to Montgomery. February 1965 – Marches ... August 6, 1965 – President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965. June 4, 2015 – After ...
At Selma’s civil rights anniversary, fears rise about the way forward
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...
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On 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, fight for voting rights continues
Click here to sign up. Campaign leaders decided it was time for a dramatic gesture — a march from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery, 54 miles away. On March 7, 600 protesters left Brown ...
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‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
On Sunday, March 9, 2025, a large group gathered in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 60th anniversary of a clash that became known ...
60 years later, Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ draws visitors from around US: ‘It’s a journey for all of us’
Wynola Fuller, who lives in Fairfield, remembers the events of 1965. She also remembers going to Selma previously in her youth to visit relatives. Yet, Sunday was Fuller’s first time returning to ...
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60 years later, Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ draws visitors from around US: ‘It’s a journey for all of us’
Two young white women carried homemade signs urging others to embrace ... Riders Museum historic site in Montgomery. Both he and Rep. Terri Sewell, a Selma native living in Birmingham, have ...