SELMA, AL ‒ Over 60 years ago, on the March 1965 day dubbed "Bloody Sunday," the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was filled with a crescendo of shouts, of bludgeoning batons. Steady footsteps ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friday marks 60 years since "Bloody Sunday," a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. On March 7, 1965, ...

It has been 60 years since Dr. King and Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) joined forces with Mukasa Dada and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to organize and mobilize the ...

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Hundreds of people traveled to Selma this weekend to commemorate the 61st anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a violent moment in history when peaceful marchers were beaten by Alabama ...

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Thousands gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to celebrate and memorialize Civil Rights leaders who marched in the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965. The Edmund ...

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay joined the call to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama — dedicated to a Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader — to honor Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the civil ...

ATLANTA — The annual march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, took place Sunday—honoring the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, one of the most pivotal moments in the Civil Rights ...

Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans. Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, ...

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 ...

Images for the stamp have been revealed and it is beyond impressive. Some good will follow all the unrest and sadness that took place in 2020. Part of that unrest were the many protests against racist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SELMA, AL ‒ Over 60 years ago, on the March 1965 day dubbed "Bloody Sunday," the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! General Edmund Pettus, the namesake for the bridge at the beginning of the route from Selma to Montgomery, was a Civil War General and two-term U.S.