More than 60 years after Bloody Sunday, hundreds gathered Saturday morning in Selma for a day of prayer, speeches and demonstrations focused on voting rights and political representation.
Activists, politicians and religious leaders will converge on Selma and Montgomery Saturday to protest Alabama’s plans to change Congressional districts that they argue will muzzle Black political ...
This is an opinion column. Sometimes people who look like me feel awkward going to protest in places like Selma. They fear they have no right to stand on such hallowed ground for Black Americans.
Thousands crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma demanding protection for Black voting power after the gutting of the ...
This weekend marks the 61st anniversary of the march on Selma, otherwise known as “Bloody Sunday.” One of the most violent marches of the Civil Rights Movement, the protest took place on March 7, 1965 ...
In 1965, the event known as "Bloody Sunday" propelled the passage of the Voting Rights Act. People in Selma, Alabama, react to the recent Supreme Court decision that gutted many of its protections.