The Selma to Montgomery March and Bloody Sunday deserve to be remembered for their importance to civil rights in the U.S.
Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...
(WIB) – Although many freedom fighters and faith leaders make the yearly March pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama in commemoration of the hundreds of civil rights activists injured by police on March 7, ...
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a GOP-backed bill to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at ...
Democracy needs defending. This generation has a rendezvous to cross its Edmund Pettus Bridge. Let them take inspiration from ...
Bishop Bill McGill of Imani Baptist Temple and Minister George Hicks of the Martin Luther ... intended to march across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge and make it to the state capitol in Montgomery ...
Jesse Jackson's life and activism reflect the ongoing impact of Southern politics on American elections. His story is a testament to the enduring power of the civil rights movement.
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery march, a pivotal moment in the fight for voting ...
March 25, 1965, marked a turning point in history. America's civil rights leaders completed their 54-mile march from Selma, ...
George Wallace, the staunch segregationist ... From an outside deck, you can see the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the distance. "We get to do this work every day from this place and look out and ...
George Wallace, the staunch segregationist ... Standing by the Alabama River with the Edmund Pettus Bridge behind, Ainka Sanders Jackson, a former public defender, reflects on change, "we have ...
People make the pilgrimage annually to walk across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge, where on March 7 ... Then-Alabama Gov. George Wallace, the staunch segregationist, sent state troopers to ...