The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...
On March 25, 1965, triumphant civil rights demonstrators led by Martin Luther King, Jr. marched into Montgomery, Alabama ... on the Edmund Pettus Bridge near Selma, the marchers encountered ...
In March 1965, a walk for voting rights took five days to make the journey from Selma to Montgomery. On Saturday, Feb. 22, a ...
The 60th Anniversary of some of the most momentous events in American History will be celebrated and memorialized in Selma, ...
Speaking in Selma, Alabama, on the 59th anniversary of ... She then led the commemorative march across the bridge, flanked by civil rights foot soldiers who originally walked across the bridge ...
Ripon College student Gary G. Yerkey was among 10 from the college eager to join the march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery ...
Alabama, return. They’re dream-like recollections, faint but never forgotten, blurry with sharp edges. At dawn six years ago, I walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. The sun tried to ...
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.
The City of Montgomery is announcing a digital project to commemorate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Selma to ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — People across the country are remembering civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Monday. Part of his legacy includes leading a march from Selma, Alabama to the state ...