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, ...

A 170-year-old hotel in downtown Selma, Alabama, was set for demolition before preservationists realized the value of its ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights represented the political and emotional peak of the modern civil rights movement. On "Bloody ...

*The NAACP today released the following statement regarding its letter sent to state officials around the nation regarding the issue of voter suppression. On the 52nd anniversary of the Selma to ...

In his first term as mayor of Selma, Joe Smitherman watched police beat civil rights demonstrators embarking on the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. On Tuesday, after 36 ...

Following the Bloody Sunday crackdown in Selma, Ala., Martin Luther King Jr. called for support across the U.S. People of different races and... 'A Proud Walk': 3 Voices On The March From Selma To ...

VALPARAISO | Watching the Oscar-nominated American historical drama film "Selma" is an emotional experience for many viewers, even those born long after the events based on the 1965 Selma to ...

On March 25, 2015, around 3,000 marchers participated in a commemorative march starting at Montgomery's City of St. Jude and ending at the Capitol Building in Downtown Montgomery, Ala., reenacting the ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the ratification of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history. Signed after the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, ...

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