‘Back to the Bridges’: Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge for civil rights on 60th anniversary of ‘Blood Sunday’
Hundreds took to the Brooklyn Bridge on March 9 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the historic yet violent civil rights march across an Alabama bridge, including those who originally made the walk all those years ago.
‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965.
Tennesseans trek to Selma for 60th anniversary of voting rights march
Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville’s Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were assaulted by Alabama state troopers and police as they attempted to march from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery in an effort to call attention to a voting rights drive.
In photos: Hundreds mark 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma
Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.), the son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson, walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge as they commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama, on March 9.
Selma marks 60 years since Bloody Sunday amid increased attacks on civil rights
Selma, Alabama - Hundreds gathered Sunday in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when a group of peaceful demonstrators marched for African Americans' voting rights and were brutally beaten by police.
Little Rock NAACP host march on Broadway Bridge to commemorate 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Sunday evening, dozens gathered to cross the Broadway bridge to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a historic civil rights event.
This day in history: Selma to Montgomery march begins
Led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., between 3,000 and 8,000 marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge out of Selma on their ...
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Famous MLK 'I Have a Dream’ speech almost didn’t happen, scholar says
Art Broady’s free presentation, "The Dream … We Almost Never Heard," will be at noon Sunday, March 16, at First ...
60 years after Selma, we face an anti-human rights backlash | Column
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his demonstrators stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., ...
Watch Civil Rights activist Rev. Dr. Harold Middlebrook speak at Concord United Methodist Church
Watch Rev. Dr. Harold Middlebrook, Civil Rights activist and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., speak at Concord United Methodist Church on March 12, 2025.
Trump administration deletes list of hundreds of federal buildings targeted for potential sale
The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of more than 440 federal properties it had identified to potentially ...
The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...
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Author Jonathan Eig Details the Life of a Complex, Radical Martin Luther King Jr.
Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...
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See Spider Martin’s Selma to Montgomery March photography at new City Hall exhibit
You can see Spider Martin's photographs at a new exhibition in City Hall 📸 #spidermartin #selmatomontgomerymarch #votingrightsact #selma #montgomery nw ...
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Riverside’s King High marks 25 years of students interviewing veterans
Many of today’s teens likely don’t remember, or never knew, about the nation’s past wars or life in the military. The ...