Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7 ... in non-violent protest tactics 60 years ...
When I think about what we can learn from the Selma marches, the single most important advice I give is to listen to others.
Organized by Alabama native John Lewis, the plan was for demonstrators to peacefully march the 50-mile stretch from Selma to ...
In 1965, the Selma marches marked a significant turning point ... were a powerful demonstration of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience The marches were organized by Martin Luther King ...
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...
Two days later, James Reeb, a Unitarian minister who arrived in Selma after the attacks to support the protest, was severely beaten after leaving an integrated restaurant on the evening of March 9th.
A group of 120 people ringed around a speaker's podium in Park Square to hear a service of witness and prayer for the civil rights ...
On March 7, 1965, one of the most vicious attacks by American law enforcement on American Citizen's in U.S. history occured in an event known as Bloody Sunday.
This Jubilee was a revival of spirit and purpose, not a retrospective, with the goal of encouraging people in the audience to ...