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.

Cambridge resident Roy Davis remembers approaching Edmund Pettus Bridge for the first time during the march from Selma to ...

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 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 ...

Around noon yesterday, members of The Selma Safe Haven Center alongside the organization’s CEO Rev. Michael Bowen had their ...

MAGGIE TROVATO [email protected] Jan 21, 2025 Jan 21, 2025 CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge resident Roy Davis remembers approaching Edmund Pettus Bridge for the first time during the march from Selma ...