The Equal Justice Initiative, the organization behind Montgomery's National Memorial for Peace and Justice, is now opening ...

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

Discover how the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and shaped American history.

Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...

John Reynolds returned to Selma for the 60th anniversary of both the SCOPE program and the Selma to Montgomery march.

At the apex of the span over the Alabama River, they saw what awaited them: a line of state troopers, deputies and men on horseback. After they approached, law enforcement gave a warning to disperse ...

On March 15, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was introduced in the U.S. Senate, jointly sponsored by majority leader Mike ...

The Selma (AL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated will hold a “Lifelong Wellness: A Family Affair” on March 15 at the Edmundite Mission-Bullock Center on 1428 Broad Street from 9 a.m. to noon in an ...

The Annual Foot Soldiers Breakfast takes place on Saturday, March 8, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Selma High School Gym at 2180 Broad Street. Tickets are $15, and tables for eight are $150. The link for ...

Wesley United Methodist Church, 544 Government St., Baton Rouge, will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, march at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 9. All are welcome to be ...

March over the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to commemorate the March 7, 1965 civil rights procession over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama known as the “Bloody Sunday March” because ...

Events, many of them free, include a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery.