Jesse Jackson's life and activism reflect the ongoing impact of Southern politics on American elections. His story is a testament to the enduring power of the civil rights movement.

The 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was commemorated on March 7. On that day in 1965, civil rights marchers, led by then-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leader John Lewis and Southern ...

A Birmingham News article on March 8, 1965, by Tom Lankford opened with the line “It was an eerie, unreal scene at the Pettus ...

The cities of Selma and Montgomery will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and ...

I had the pleasure of watching and participating in the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday during the 33rd anniversary of the ...

SELMA, AL – Sixty years have passed since a group of peaceful protesters were severely beaten after crossing the Edmund ...

The anniversary arrives as a stark warning that the right to vote, paid for in blood that day, is in peril. By Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier, article courtesy of the Atlanta […] ...

Democracy needs defending. This generation has a rendezvous to cross its Edmund Pettus Bridge. Let them take inspiration from ...

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Standing at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where hundreds of Foot Soldiers were attacked 60 years ago while ...

Sixty years after John Lewis and hundreds of Civil Rights activists were beaten by the Alabama State Police, thousands returned to Selma and the Edmund Pettus Bridge to remember one of the bloodiest ...

On Sunday, March 9, civil rights leaders gathered at the City Hall steps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Edmund Pettus.