Thousands march across Delano in honor of civil rights icon César Chávez’s 98th birthday
The name César Chávez is extra special to Kern County, as the years-long grape strike, for which Chávez is often remembered, ...
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Civil Rights Movement anniversary celebration marches forward to Montgomery
Alabama continues to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, with a series of events in the state’s capital city intended to cause reflection, celebration and ...
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Students participate in civil rights tour, reenact 1965 Selma marches on 60th anniversary
This is the second year Emory students have participated in the tour organized by the A. D. King Foundation, a non-profit ...
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'Walking in solidarity': This Side of the Bridge marchers urge to keep fighting
The This Side of The Bridge March commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March. Marchers and speakers reflected on the progress made in civil rights while acknowledging the ...
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'Segregation and Democracy Don’t Mix': The 1963 Freedom Marches in downtown Nashville
March 30, to be exact when a group of anti-segregation demonstrators led by Civil Rights activist John Lewis staged a "Freedom March" through the streets of downtown Nashville protesting the ...
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Marches across 2 NYC bridges will mark 60 years since Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
It's been 60 years since Bloody Sunday, when a peaceful civil rights march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama turned violent as police attacked demonstrators. Advocates in New York ...
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LR NAACP commemorates Bloody Sunday 60th anniversary
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The Little Rock branch of the NAACP held a march today to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement when a ...