In 1965, activists started a march from Selma to Montgomery to demonstrate the right to vote. However, as they were crossing ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965.

Thousands gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to celebrate and memorialize Civil Rights leaders who marched in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...

As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ said Bryan Stevenson.

I remember the first time I heard Angie Stone. No, it wasn’t the “No More Rain (In This Cloud),” which samples Gladys Knight ...

They were both astute adversaries. King won in the end. King and Wallace both knew that if violence occurred on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma that people throughout the country would lean in ...

This Sunday leaders from throughout Alabama and the nation will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march and the infamous Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. (top) attends a committee session Dec. 11, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file) Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was indicted this week for ...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Ronald Glen Pettus, of Saint Charles, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at the age of 82. Beloved husband of Joyce Elizabeth Pettus; cherished son of the ...

These include renaming all named bridges as the “Bishop Davidson Bridge”, renaming the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to the “Bishop Davidson Curriculum Distribution Department”, ...

Despite most coffee shop owners wanting to remain apolitical, the trend of renaming the popular drink – made up of an espresso shot and water – to the more appropriate “Canadiano” has ...