ATLANTA — Friday marks 60 years since “Bloody Sunday,” a major turning ... including late Congressman John Lewis, gathered for a peaceful march for voting rights in Selma.

Speakers urged continued efforts for equality and justice. Atlanta played a big role in Bloody Sunday. The late Rep. John Lewis and Hosea Williams led the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on ...

Civil rights leaders and elected officials commemorated on Friday the 60th anniversary of “Bloody ... John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The legislation, named after former U.S. Rep.

More than a week after Rep. Green was censured for interrupting Trump's address, the lingering question is: Why didn’t Democratic members of the House jump to their feet and stand with him?

The anniversary arrives as a stark warning that the right to vote, paid for in blood that day, is in peril. Beaten and left for dead. Skulls cracked by batons. Tear gassed. Seventeen people ...

ATLANTA — The annual march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, took place Sunday—honoring ... in the footsteps of the late Congressman John Lewis and other civil rights icons.

With the late Congressman John Lewis and many other revolutionary civil rights leaders no longer here, those who commemorate Bloody Sunday see their participation as a commitment to keeping the ...

Al Green. March 9 was the anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” when Rep. John Lewis and others were attacked for a peaceful civil rights march in Selma, Ala. Green was just practicing Lewis ...

Friday marks 60 years since “Bloody ... Sunday,” a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late ...

SELMA, ALABAMA - MARCH 06: People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with placards bearing the image of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis ... 57th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" on March 06 ...