Fifty or more Syracusans, led by Father Charles Brady, took real risks to make our society more just, says the letter writer.

A Women’s History Month event planned for Thursday will honor the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Almost a thousand miles away, in Selma, Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr. was preparing to lead a 54-mile voting rights march to Montgomery, the state capital. It was a just cause, and we were eager to ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Those who walked in the reenactment of the last leg of the marcH were inspired by the ...

The historic Selma to Montgomery, Alabama marches for voting rights in 1965 trace to a critical but often overlooked piece of history: The Jackson Home. The modest Selma residence, once the home ...

On March 22, Ryley Tate will join a new generation of "Stars for Freedom Rally" entertainers, with a lineup that also includes Big Boi, Larenz Tate, Dr. Jamal H. Bryant. Pastor Mike, Jekalyn Carr, ...

Montgomery resident Frederick Graham was in the fourth grade attending the St. Jude Educational Institute when the Selma to Montgomery March passed by his classroom window in 1965. He remembers ...

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.

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 ...