In early 1965, civil rights leaders — in an effort to draw attention to Alabama ... Source: Civil Rights Movement Archive Just past the Edmund Pettus Bridge, marchers are met with a wall ...

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.

The author urges vigilance and engagement in defending democracy, drawing a parallel to the ... generation has a rendezvous to cross its Edmund Pettus Bridge. Defending democracy depends on ...

St. Mark’s and Calvary Episcopal Churches (along with no doubt thousands of others), in the 60th anniversary march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. Sixty years ago on March 7 was a ...

“Furious” is the word U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet used to describe how he still feels about the Democrats losing to Donald Trump ...

It all unfolded as then-25-year-old activist John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma ... John Lewis and Hosea Williams decided that they would march to draw attention ...

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 ...

Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans. Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, ...

Elected officials joined large crowds in Selma, Alabama, Sunday to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, commemorating the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Eighty-five-year-old Spiver Gordon ...