The City of Montgomery is finishing up celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March.
At the meeting, Chaplain Thompson was the first to speak, arguing that traveling to Selma, where the voting rights march was ...
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 ...
The cities of Selma and Montgomery will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Selma Bridge Crossing ...
Fifty or more Syracusans, led by Father Charles Brady, took real risks to make our society more just, says the letter writer.
Credit: Alabama State Police Organizers go public with their plan to march from Selma across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and down U.S. Highway 80 to Montgomery. Leaders call Alabama Gov. George ...
Montgomery will host "This Side of the Bridge" celebrations from March 21-23 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery March. A free "Stars for Freedom Rally" concert will ...
Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a crowd of 25,000 on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery.
Mayor Steven L. Reed, Montgomery's first African American mayor, will lead the city's efforts to reflect on the march's legacy, uniting national leaders, activists, and artists for a weekend of ...
This Sunday leaders from throughout Alabama and the entire country will commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March and the infamous Bloody Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Participants walked slowly, purposefully, silently and in pairs to capture the spirit and essence of the five-day, 54-mile Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights that took place March 21 to ...