Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, 600 marchers protesting for voting equality left the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma headed for the state capitol in Montgomery. Before they had even left town, ...
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A processional with Lewis’ casket ...
Crowds watched solemnly Sunday as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in ...
The 2025 Levitt AMP Selma Music Series wrapped up Saturday night, Oct. 25 at the Riverfront Amphitheater, closing another ...
A bass-and-snare drum band led a multigenerational and racially mixed crowd of about 250 people across the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the violent confrontation ...