Led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., between 3,000 and 8,000 marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge out of Selma on their way to Montgomery.
As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ said Bryan Stevenson.
Today’s clergy need to answer the Rev. Martin Luther King’s call six decades ago to step up, organize and take action.
The Selma to Montgomery March and Bloody Sunday deserve to be remembered for their importance to civil rights in the U.S.
Alabama’s fight for civil rights. This December is the seventieth anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This year also marks sixty years since two events in and around Selma. Next week marks the sixtieth anniversary of the civil rights incident known as “bloody Sunday,
One of the main topics discussed during the Faith and Politics Institute on Friday.The event was held at ArtsRevive with a press conference following at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.U.S. Rep.
Jubilee is more than a time for reflection—it is a platform to reimagine Selma as a destination for tourism, education, and economic revitalization.
On March 7, 1965 protestors for African American voting rights were attacked by law enforcement officers in Selma, Alabama.