Hundreds of Rainbow Coalition members from across the country will gather in Selma this week to honor the life, legacy and work of the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the 61st Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee ...
Hundreds of Rainbow Coalition members from across the country will gather in Selma this week to honor the life, legacy and work of the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the 61st Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee ...
The 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., became known as Bloody Sunday because it ended in state troopers beating nonviolent protesters as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus ...
On March 7, 1965, young civil rights leader John Lewis led hundreds of peaceful marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...
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The new name would be the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers Bridge,” but the lettering on the bridge would remain unaltered. According to a report by the Associated Press, Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday ...
SELMA, Ala. (WATE) – This weekend, the nation paid tribute to ‘Bloody Sunday,’ a day that marked a turning point in African-American voting rights 50 years ago. Previous story: Demonstrators in Selma ...
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A processional with Lewis’ casket ...
The historic Edmund Pettus Bridge, known for its significance during the civil rights movement as the site of Bloody Sunday and the starting point of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, could be getting a ...