However, that didn’t stop a gang of Alabama State Troopers from assembling on the far side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where they would tear-gas and violently attack the marchers with the batons.

This Jubilee was a revival of spirit and purpose, not a retrospective, with the goal of encouraging people in the audience to ...

On Sunday, March 9, civil rights leaders gathered at the City Hall steps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Edmund Pettus.

A large crowd forms near a stage where President Barack Obama will speak and then take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Selma, Ala. This weekend marks ...

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Thousands gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to celebrate and memorialize Civil Rights leaders who marched in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965. The Edmund ...

Standing at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where hundreds of Foot Soldiers were attacked 60 years ago while ...

Over the years, our country’s tragedies and triumphs have been written in Jesse Jackson’s determined brow, silent tears and his greying head bowed in prayer.

This year marks 60 years since the march for Civil Rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Take a look at stories marking the anniversary from years past.