Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation ...
They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.
For Abriel Goulding, a Black student at Jackson High School and the 2025 Miss Teen Selma Jubilee winner, the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was far more than just another beauty pageant competition ...
The annual commemorative march in Selma, Ala., marked 60 years since law enforcement attacked voting rights protesters, a day ...
After Bloody Sunday, it would take a third attempt led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with the backing of a federal order, for the marchers to successfully make it to Montgomery, Alabama, on a ...
Friday marks 60 years since “Bloody Sunday,” a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late Congressman ...
“What happened on Bloody Sunday is worthy of remembering so that we will never forget it,’’ she said. Throughout the weekend, there will be a host of commemoration events spearheaded by ...
Selma on Sunday marked 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.
George Wallace, break up a demonstration march in Selma, Ala., March 7, 1965, on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” (AP Photo, File) FILE – Amelia Boynton is aided by people after she was ...