Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Friday will mark the 60th anniversary of a historic march in Selma, Alabama, where peaceful protestors advocating for African American voting rights were violently attacked ...
On March 7, 1965, 600 civil rights ... working directly with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Her photo, beaten and bloody, became a galvanizing cry ...
As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ ...
This year marks the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a moment that marked ... While historical figures like Lewis, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and countless others are often ...
On that day in 1965, civil rights marchers ... rights protesters endured. After Bloody Sunday, it would take a third attempt ...
This tragic event, known as Bloody Sunday, ignited national outrage ... Two weeks later, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a federally protected march of over 3,000 participants on a five-day journey ...
Correspondent photos / Sean Barron Those who attended a program Sunday at the Tyler History Center in Youngstown to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody ... the Martin Luther King Jr ...
National outrage over the attack, also known as Bloody Sunday, spurred a second march on March 21, 1965 led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from Selma to the state capital in ...
Led by Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis and others ... And that's the legacy of Bloody Sunday and the activism of the march in 1965.” With attention focused on the anniversary, Democrats also ...