That day, about 600 people had gathered at Brown A.M.E. Church in Selma, then walked peacefully on Main Street toward the ...

March 7, 1965. George Wallace swore to stop it. 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 ...

Three civil rights activists from Selma, Alabama, remember what they marched for in 1965, but they question how much the ...

Their goal was to march from Selma to the state capital – Montgomery. After only a few miles, the group was met by troopers on the Edmund Pettis Bridge and pushed and beaten back to Selma.

The Selma Stop the Violence Rally sponsored by Selma Safe Haven Center was held on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, from Brown Chapel ...

During the 59th Bridge Crossing ... on moving forward,” said Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr. The two-day event will feature a meet-and-greet followed by a forum on March 2, where a discussion ...

Sunday marked the 56th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr’s “Bloody Sunday” march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge into Selma for voting rights. About a hundred people honored his actions by ...

The march and Garland’s speech were among dozens of events during the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee, which began Thursday and culminated Sunday. The commemoration is a frequent stop for ...

The dream is not dead. Many current religious and political leaders continue to espouse the ideals inherent in the beloved ...

The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights ... many local activities will take place including the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Unlike years past though ...