Montgomery Public Schools selects 2 superintendent candidate finalists
The Montgomery County Board of Education has under a month to select the next superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools, ...
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The Fight to Vote Continues
Today’s fight to vote does not yet call on us to show the physical bravery displayed by the heroes on the Edmund Pettus ...
60 years after Selma, we face an anti-human rights backlash | Column
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...
Arrest of pro-Palestinian activist sparks protests in New York
Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident, was arrested by federal immigration agents at his apartment. Khalil has helped lead pro-Palestinian protests at the ...
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Bloody Sunday 60th anniversary march in Selma, Alabama
Bloody Sunday 60th anniversary march in Selma, Alabama and another ceremonial march in Little Rock, Arkansas hosted by NAACP ...
Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance
At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump.
Activists are ‘up for the fight’ to preserve civil rights in an era of uncertainty: Rev. Sharpton
It’s the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and civil rights activists took to the streets of Selma, Alabama to remember the ...
Courts, but also the ‘power of the people’ will counter Trump’s fascism
With the Trump administration signaling it may defy lower court orders, it will ultimately fall to the Supreme Court to rein ...
Coffee shop in shadow of ‘Bloody Sunday’ serves symbol of hope
Sixty years ago, a peaceful march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery turned bloody and became a seminal day in American ...
'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...
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Blood Sunday 60 Years Later: Is Democracy on the Line?
As Selma honors the Bloody Sunday 60th anniversary, voting rights are under attack again. Will we let history repeat or continue their fight?
There’s Good News Tonight: Selma coffee shop turns painful reminder of the past into symbol of hope
As we mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, one coffee shop in Selma, Alabama is a symbol of unity and hope. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson speaks to its owner about how the building, once a ...