Thousands gathered in this river city in 1940 to dedicate a new bridge in honor of white supremacist Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader. Just 25 years later, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elected officials joined large crowds in Selma, Alabama, Sunday to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, commemorating the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Eighty-five-year-old Spiver Gordon was ...

SELMA, Ala. (Reuters) - The body of civil rights icon John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, decades after his "Bloody Sunday" beating there drew a national spotlight to the struggle ...

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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 ...