On, March 7, 1965, about 600 people began a 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery. They were demonstrating for African American voting rights and to commemorate ...

The first march will take place at 9 a.m. Sunday on the Mario Cuomo Bridge, and the second will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday on the Brooklyn Bridge. What happened in Selma, Alabama on March 7 ...

March 7th has seen its fair share of pivotal moments throughout history.One of the most notable events on this day occurred ...

Thousands gathered in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and advocate for voting rights.

Their first attempt on March 7 ... Credit: Alabama State Police Organizers go public with their plan to march from Selma across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and down U.S. Highway 80 to Montgomery.

Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...

America’s climactic battle for civil rights took place in Selma, Alabama 60 years ago. The March in Selma focused on voting ...

65 photographs by Spider Martin on view now through June 1, 2025, at the the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts reveal an intimate, first-hand perspective of the Selma to Montgomery March in its entirety.

On March 7, 1965, the Black Rights movement in America witnessed a turning point when hundreds of activists were confronted ...

On March 25, 1965, thousands of marchers arrived in Montgomery after a 54-mile journey from Selma, demanding equal ... Reed, Montgomery's first African American mayor, will lead the city's efforts ...

It was McLeod's first time at the Jubilee ... to get the federal court order that eventually allowed the march from Selma to Montgomery to take place after Bloody Sunday. Voting is the way ...