Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...

"People are afraid," Selma's mayor told more than 30 Congress members at the start of a weekend of remembrance.

The Bloody Sunday anniversary is not just about commemorating history. It is about ensuring that we do not repeat it.

On March 7, 1965, one of the most vicious attacks by American law enforcement on American Citizen's in U.S. history occured in an event known as Bloody Sunday.

54-mile Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights that took place March 21 to 25, 1965. Preceding the walk was a special program to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” on ...

Some on horseback, some shoulder-to-shoulder blocking U.S. Highway 80 — the route to Montgomery ... Selma 2025: Click here for event calendar As we honor six decades since “Bloody Sunday ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The cities of Selma and Montgomery will soon commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of ...

The resulting attack on the marchers came to be known as “Bloody Sunday ... to the plight of Selma’s African American population with a 54-mile march to Montgomery. African American ...

National outrage over the attack also known as Bloody Sunday, spurred a second march on March 21 ... Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery.

SELMA, Al. (WSAV) — This weekend marks 60 years since the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery which came to be known ...

Read More: Selma priest remembers Bloody Sunday. March 9 ... March 21, 1965 – About 3,200 people march out of Selma for Montgomery under the protection of federal troops. They walk about ...