Amid one of the most difficult eras in American history, the weather in the Southeast did nothing to ease the ongoing fight for justice. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark achievement that ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — With a few months left until the opening of the long-awaited Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, the former president’s words he spoke to commemorate the fight for civil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama on March 21, 1965. Rare deals from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salute Selma has announced two days of activities March 7-8 in Selma in honor of the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the ...

This weekend marks the 61st anniversary of the march on Selma, otherwise known as “Bloody Sunday.” One of the most violent marches of the Civil Rights Movement, the protest took place on March 7, 1965 ...

On Sunday, March 7, 1965, some 600 nonviolent, civil rights activists, mostly black, gathered at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, intending to march to Montgomery, Alabama, the state ...

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BOSTON (WHDH) - A group of Boston artists recently honored a major moment in Black history, commemorating the anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches for civil rights in 1965. “Beheard.world” ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - One by one, runners and cyclists crossed the finish line at the Alabama State Capitol Saturday, completing a 51-mile journey rooted in one of the most defining moments in ...