There will events throughout the weekend in Selma and Montgomery. SELMA, ALABAMA - MARCH 01: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) arrives to speak to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment ...
As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ ...
John Lewis and Hosea Williams led the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. SELMA, Ala. - On Sunday, March 9, 2025, a large group gathered in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 60th ...
To look at this photo is to see what will come next. Not just over the course of a month in 1965, but into the future that is ...
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march—one of the most defining moments in the U.S. civil ...
The 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was commemorated on March 7. On that day in 1965, civil rights marchers, led by then-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leader John Lewis and Southern ...
Al Sharpton, Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), will travel to Selma, Alabama Sunday to mark the ...
The 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was commemorated on March 7. On that day in 1965, civil rights marchers, led by ...
Selma, Alabama, has a population less than 20,000 ... Led by Hosea Williams and John Lewis, advocates were fed up with lack of justice for Jimmie Lee Jackson. Alabama State Trooper James Bonard ...
At the apex of the span over the Alabama River, they saw what awaited them: a line of state troopers, deputies and men on horseback. After they approached, law enforcement gave a warning to disperse ...
A young man named John Lewis suffered a fractured ... Birmingham and Selma. Guests will also include descendants of some of Alabama’s legendary civil rights veterans, including the late Fred ...
(WIB) – Although many freedom fighters and faith leaders make the yearly March pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama in commemoration of the hundreds of civil rights activists injured by police on March 7, ...