As the marchers left Selma’s Brown Chapel AME Church on what became known as “Bloody Sunday” and attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were met with brutal force by state and ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a moment that marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. The march turned ugly and Lewis was almost beaten to death after ...

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

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.

That day became known as "Bloody Sunday," when activists attempted ... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (center left), Rev. Ralph Abernathy (center right), and Archbishop Iakovos (far right) attend ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday, the attack that shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.

leaves the scene as state troopers break up the demonstration on what is known as Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965. President Lyndon Johnson gave a pivotal speech to Congress a week later ...

That day became known as "Bloody Sunday," when activists attempted to peacefully march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, while on their way to Montgomery, the state's capital. They were ...

Bloody Sunday' 60th Anniversary Marked in Selma With Remembrances and Concerns About the Future SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking ...