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 ...

On March 7, 1965, police beat and tear-gassed marchers at the foot of the bridge in Selma in a spasm of violence that shocked the nation. The attack help build momentum for passage of the Voting ...

A day after President Obama spoke in Selma, Ala., to mark the 50th anniversary ... truncheons at the foot of the Edmund Pettus bridge. The march started ahead of schedule, Reuters reports, with ...

On March 7, 1965, police beat and tear-gassed marchers at the foot of the bridge in Selma in a spasm of violence that shocked the nation. The attack help build momentum for passage of the Voting ...

"We hear about the bridge crossing ... how Black people were treated outside the U.S. Long before the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, Gildersleeve and others had begun protesting and educating ...

include a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery. The events run from March 3-23.

SELMA, Ala. — President Obama returned to this small city where civil rights protestors endured brutal beatings 50 years earlier and sought to recast their decades-old bravery as the highest ...

In the wake of the carnage on the bridge, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. put out a call for people to come to Selma. Two weeks later another march began. That time it succeeded in reaching ...

On the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march that erupted in police violence on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, President Barack Obama praised the figures of a civil rights era that he ...

In 2015, President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the march by delivering a speech at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. February 1965 - Marches and demonstrations over ...

Dozens of people in Portland marked the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They marched across the St. Johns Bridge in Northwest Portland to commemorate the historic Selma march for civil rights ...

In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...