MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 6, 1965 (UPI) --Gov. George C. Wallace announced Saturday he would not let Negroes march from Selma to Montgomery Sunday, but integration leaders said that if state police ...

More than three thousand people joined Dr. Martin Luther King on a march escorted by U.S. Army troops from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, becoming one of the most iconic moments in Civil Rights history.

Hundreds of people rallied at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama ... March 9. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images People hold signs with a picture of late civil rights leader ...

State troopers attack protestors on the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. Photo via Associated ... Alabama State Troopers attacked voting-rights demonstrators on the ...

In early 1965, civil rights leaders — in an effort to draw attention to Alabama ... Selma line up at the county courthouse to register to vote, but are denied. Source: Civil Rights Movement ...

Friday marks 60 years since “Bloody Sunday,” a major turning point in the Civil Rights ... Selma bridge crossing jubilee ahead of Super Tuesday. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) SELMA ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...

Hundreds gathered Sunday in Selma, Alabama ... rights and led a few months later to the passage of the Voting Rights Act, a federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. On Sunday, there ...

Hundreds gathered Sunday in Selma, Alabama ... Rights Act, a federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. On Sunday, there was a festival atmosphere as crowds stopped to take ...