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The legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis will live on across America Thursday, with more than 1,600 events scheduled on the ...
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A peaceful march in protest of racial injustice set out from Selma, Ala., on March 7, 1965, but was met with violent resistance from local law enforcement in an event that became known as "Bloody ...
Lewis' legacy as a civil rights activist and lawmaker spans decades and numerous administrations. What to know as planned protests invoke his legacy.
John Lewis, lifelong civil rights activist and former Georgia congressman, will be commemorated from noon to 2 p.m. on July ...
Five decades after "Bloody Sunday," the march is not finished, he said. "Two hundred and thirty-nine years after this nation's founding, our union is not yet perfect. But we are getting closer.
Debra Barnes Wilson was 8 on “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. She and her grandmother, Julia Barnes, joined the voting rights marchers, filing in at the back of the column, but turned back ...
“Fifty years from ‘Bloody Sunday,’ our march is not yet finished,” Obama told a crowd of several hundred black and white faces gathered on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march, ...
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., once again led a "Faith and Politics" group from Washington in commemorating "Bloody Sunday" — an event that nearly cost him his life 49 years ago.
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell took time on Monday to remember the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, marking the fifth anniversary of his passing this week.
For Obama, the trip to Selma on Saturday is a chance to tap into a place where the civil rights movement reached its apex. In the days after Bloody Sunday, more than 30,000 protesters from across ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Organizers of events marking the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday said Friday that there would be a single march during a weekend expected to include President Barack Obama ...