Journal Downtown Selma on March 6, 1965 was a typically busy Saturday, so shoppers didn’t pay much attention to a group of ...
“What happened on Bloody Sunday is worthy of remembering so that ... with a history of discrimination to get federal approval before making election changes. “The fight for voting rights ...
Thanks to her asthma, Julia Barnes had to “turn back before the violence began” on Bloody Sunday. Yet and still, this did not prevent her from playing a vital role in the march. Barnes used ...
its churches before finally gathering for the crescendo event -- walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The path to the bridge Sunday was filled with thousands of people gathered to make the ...
Bloody Sunday, the day when hundreds of people peacefully ... holding that post for a decade before yielding the seat to his wife, Juanita. Williams later was elected to the Atlanta City Council ...
People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during 'Bloody Sunday" commemorations on March ... leader and congressman John ...
Other senior soldiers have told the inquiry that terrorists were "frightened" of 1 Para and an unnamed Army captain told a journalist just days before Bloody Sunday that senior officers considered ...
Sunday, March 1, 2020, before a march including Democratic presidential ... reenactment marking the 55th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday on March 1, 2020 in Selma, Alabama.
As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ ...
Viola Jackson is considered one of the “first victims of Bloody Sunday.” A little over a month before the event took place, during a peaceful protest, police assaulted Jackson on February 18 ...