SEABROOK ISLAND — Six decades ago, a protest march attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., became a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. Bloody Sunday, as the event ...

During the civil rights movement, the church served as a meeting place for the foot soldiers on Bloody Sunday before the Selma to Montgomery March, as well as a refuge from the violence that ensued.

This weekend marks a return to one of enduring touchstones of the civil rights movement. It is the 60th anniversary of Selma. A march across the town’s chunky metal bridge will take place ...

ATLANTA — Friday marks 60 years since “Bloody Sunday,” a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. On March 7 ... the weekend in Selma and Montgomery.

This Sunday, leaders from throughout Alabama and the entire country will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery ... event in the civil rights movement. The march on Washington ...

the Selma to Montgomery March, and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee began March 6 with dozens of events, including a mass meeting, the Foot Soldiers ...

On Friday afternoon, the Waterloo Commission on Human Rights held a reenactment commemorating the famous Selma to Montgomery March of ... Crusader during the Civil Rights Movement who lost a ...

King also had ties to Hawaii ... In 1965, King wore a lei with others during the third Selma to Montgomery March. This was a turning point in the fight for civil rights. Those lei were made ...

The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches that culminated in the passing of the landmark Voting Rights Act, will be commemorated in March of 2025. As in ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. links arms with other civil rights leaders as they begin the march to the state capitol in Montgomery from Selma ... are wearing leis given by a Hawaiian group.

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery ... platform that seeks to transform how the civil rights movement is taught in middle and high schools ...