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Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protests
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoDella Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion,...
NEH program in Selma, Alabama on civil rights movement was life-changing, attendee says
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis summer, I had the privilege of being chosen to attend a National Endowment for the Humanities...
1965 Selma to Montgomery March Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHere’s a look at the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama. Facts Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery ...