Wallace announced Saturday he would not let Negroes march from Selma to Montgomery Sunday ... Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and 300 civil rights demonstrators trooped down Jefferson Davis Highway ...
There’s a huge disconnect between the ideological beliefs of black voters and their election behavior that no modern ...
Civil rights organizers there ... That Sunday on the Edmund Pettus Bridge near Selma, the marchers encountered a cordon of state troopers backed by Sheriff Jim Clark and a group of horsemen ...
The historic trail passes through several points of interest related to the Civil Rights Movement including the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma and the Alabama State Capitol building in Montgomery.
The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches that culminated ... including the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Unlike years past though, Montgomery ...
As the 60th anniversary for the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee approaches in March 2025, the 100 Black Men of Selma, Inc., ...
The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 has passed including a modification to the federal cost share for the ...
Harris paid tribute to the civil rights marchers who walked across ... s speech were among dozens of events during the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee, which began Thursday and culminated Sunday.
In 2014, the film Selma depicted the events of Lewis' historic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and was released to wide acclaim. It further cemented Lewis' legacy as a civil rights icon.
the day Alabama law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators on the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.