The anniversary arrives as a stark warning that the right to vote, paid for in blood that day, is in peril. Beaten and left for dead. Skulls cracked by batons. Tear gassed. Seventeen people ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a moment that marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. The march turned ugly and Lewis was almost beaten to death after ...

"People are afraid," Selma's mayor told more than 30 Congress members at the start of a weekend of remembrance.

Bloody Sunday was when peaceful Civil Rights demonstrators were attacked by Alabama officers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.

“What happened on Bloody Sunday is worthy of remembering so that we will never forget it,’’ she said. Throughout the weekend, there will be a host of commemoration events spearheaded by ...

Friday marks 60 years since “Bloody Sunday,” a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late Congressman ...

leaves the scene as state troopers break up the demonstration on what is known as Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965. President Lyndon Johnson gave a pivotal speech to Congress a week later ...

Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A large group gathered in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to mark the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." Bloody Sunday was a 1965 voting rights march met with extreme violence. This year's ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.