The population of the small historic town of Selma, Alabama swells once a year as people from around the nation flock to its downtown, its churches before finally gathering for the crescendo event ...
Now, 60 years later, several surviving original marchers and leaders from the era were escorted across the bridge as they sat in wheelchairs. The faces of many of those around them were decades ...
Black leaders grapple with progress being undone by a series of court rulings, state laws, and Donald Trump's targeting of ...
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Decades after it was checked out, an overdue library book was returned to Niskayuna High School, more than 60 years later. The only thing more surprising than its due ...
Bloody Sunday, the day when hundreds of people peacefully marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, yet were met with violence, occurred 60 years ago (March 7, 1965) today. In the decades since ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - It was a morning of fellowship and remembrance Saturday in the Selma High School gym, which played host to an annual breakfast honoring the foot soldiers of Bloody Sunday ...
Civil rights advocates fear that current ideological divisions and erosion of voting rights will have a dangerous impact on ...
Edgar Moore, 74, pointed to where Alabama State Troopers met him and other Bloody Sunday marchers 60 years ago. Many of the troopers were on horseback. Others had police dogs. Moore said he ...
This week marks 60 years since the events of March 7, 1965, when 600 civil rights activists, including Atlanta’s John Lewis and Hosea Williams, set out to march from Selma to Montgomery ...
and the “Hey, hey, hey” that makes it iconic 60 years later and going forward. The song is as infectious as a smile. One of life’s simple pleasures is to be at a Motown Revue or a club or a ...