The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in Alabama memorializes the route taken by marchers during the Voting Ri ...
On March 25, 1965, triumphant civil rights demonstrators led by Martin Luther King, Jr. marched into Montgomery, Alabama. It was the culmination of a fifty-mile procession from Selma. As they ...
Zoom out: The Alabama law is one of many passed in GOP-controlled states that seek to limit discussions around race, ...
The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches that culminated in the passing of the landmark Voting Rights Act, will be commemorated in March of 2025. As in ...
Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama ... “Yes, I was ...
He participated in seminal events including the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma-to-Montgomery march. As chair of SNCC he coordinated voter registration and ...
Cambridge resident Roy Davis remembers approaching Edmund Pettus Bridge for the first time during the march from Selma to ...
Part of his legacy includes leading a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery in March of 1965. Demonstrators were fighting racial voter discrimination. Biden commutes ...