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

To look at this photo is to see what will come next. Not just over the course of a month in 1965, but into the future that is ...

On March 7, 1965, hundreds of Black activists, led by John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr., set out to march peacefully from ...

Fifty or more Syracusans, led by Father Charles Brady, took real risks to make our society more just, says the letter writer.

John Lewis and Hosea Williams led the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. SELMA, Ala. - On Sunday, March 9, 2025, a large group gathered in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 60th ...

On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, the late Congressman John Lewis and hundreds of Foot Soldiers were attacked by police while advocating for the equal voting rights of all Americans.

There will events throughout the weekend in Selma and Montgomery. SELMA, ALABAMA - MARCH 01: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) arrives to speak to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment ...

Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will travel to Selma, Alabama Sunday to mark the ...

SELMA, ALABAMA - MARCH 01: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) arrives to speak to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment marking the 55th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday on March 1 ...

including late Congressman John Lewis, gathered for a peaceful march for voting rights in Selma. But that peace was shattered on the Edmund Pettus Bridge by Alabama State Troopers. “They came ...

“Down below we saw a sea of blue – Alabama state ... Jr., center, and John Lewis, a crowd estimated by police at 5,000, marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma, Ala.