Elevation Hotel to Open in Montgomery, Alabama in 2025
The Equal Justice Initiative, the organization behind Montgomery's National Memorial for Peace and Justice, is now opening ...
Michael Peregrine: The legacy of Lyndon Johnson’s ‘We Shall Overcome’ speech persists
On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...
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Churches of the Alabama Black Belt author featured at Lunch at the Library
Plan to join us on Thursday, March 13, 2025 as we welcome author and photographer, Jackson Knight with his book, Churches of the Alabama Black Belt.Our forefathers incorporated Selma in 1820 and with ...
The Washington Informer2d
60 Years Since Selma: Religious, Political Leaders Talk Next Steps Ahead
Civil rights leaders gather in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and call for continued ...
60 years after Selma, we face an anti-human rights backlash | Column
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...
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America’s Path to Equality: Bloody Sunday
This month, our nation remembers the heroes of Selma, Alabama.  Sixty years ago, they marched for voting rights, survived brutal beatings, and inspired the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Southern Poverty Law Center4d
Changes in tone, intent mark 60th Anniversary Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee
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.
Altoona Mirror4d
‘Bloody Sunday’ remembered
Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution4d
A.M. ATL: Gary Jones’ body found on Oconee
Morning, y’all! We love our bees, don’t we? They’re not hurting anyone, just pollinating and minding their own business. If you want to be a friend to the bees this spring, look out for their enemy: ...
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'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with concerns about the future
Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...
60 years later, Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ draws visitors from around US: ‘It’s a journey for all of us’
The population of the small historic town of Selma, Alabama swells once a year as people from around the nation flock to its ...