That’s what This is Alabama recently asked its Facebook followers, saying “Tell us which Alabama town you’re from without ...

In March 1965, a walk for voting rights took five days to make the journey from Selma to Montgomery. On Saturday, Feb. 22, a ...

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were ...

As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn't blind to the fact racism existed. But he also knew freedom ...

He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.

Kansas seldom promotes itself as a destination for Black history enthusiasts, and we’re leaving lots of potential tourist ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas.

The university will host two upcoming programs that explore the 1965 civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama, to the state’s capital ... the peaceful marchers as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge ...

ATLANTA — This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act becoming law. But before that was Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Channel 2′s Fred Blankenship returned to Selma to ...

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Alabama, on March 7, 1965. More than 15 marchers, who were all trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, were hospitalized for injuries inflicted during the racially motivated attack. "The legacy ...