The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...
The 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March is approaching, and so is an immersive new way to experience the ...
Jr. Day have involved the new movie “Selma,” about the historic marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama in 1965. Viewers may wish to supplement the film with JTA’s coverage at the time ...
As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn’t blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew freedom in. “There was never a question over whether I could vote when I ...
They came toward us. Beating us with nightsticks, trampled by horses, releasing the tear gas. I thought I was gonna die on ...
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, which has an upcoming exhibit on the Selma march, placed the billboard ad.
Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery ... “Yes, I was [in the march] at 14. Dr. King had been to Selma numerous times, and the young ...
Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers ... so he and the other civil rights leaders adopted innovative approaches to accomplish ...
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is set to display "Selma is Now: Civil Rights Photographs" a series of photos taken by ...
"We deeply respect the legacy of the Selma to Montgomery March, the impact of Bloody Sunday, and the work of photographers like Spider Martin in capturing that history. The City remains committed ...
2025 CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge resident Roy Davis remembers approaching Edmund Pettus Bridge for the first time during the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. He was 14 years old.