Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...
It was a brutal assault that injured hundreds. Six decades later, the story of that “Bloody Sunday” in Selma shouldn’t be confined to the pages of history books. It is a story of enduring ...
The brutal violence of Bloody Sunday was captured on film and broadcast across the country, shocking the conscience of the nation and helping to push Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
WATCH: Harris marks 59th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Vice President Kamala Harris is among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day ...
“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 ...
ATLANTA — 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 ...
Webb-Christburg was 9 — the youngest of the protestors that day. “The picture of Bloody Sunday has never left my heart, nor my mind,” she said. Local police, state troopers and citizens ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The Little Rock branch of the NAACP held a march today to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement when a ...
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.