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Here's what's happening during the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee this weekend
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThousands of people gather in Selma every year to commemorate the fight for Black voting rights and...
On Bloody Sunday anniversary, Black leaders say the fight for voting rights endures
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the nation marks 58 years since Bloody Sunday, Black civil rights leaders and elected officials...
Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers' voices ring out for voting rights
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVice President Kamala Harris told thousands gathered for the 59th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday...
Black leaders reflect on John Lewis, racial equality ahead of Biden’s Bloody Sunday speech
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs President Joe Biden prepares to travel to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of...
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis acted correctly to keep the peace during recent Gaza protest
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJust recently, Vice President Kamala Harris paid homage to the brave civil rights protesters who 59...
She witnessed Bloody Sunday in person. 58 years later, she’ll go back again.
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. — On March 7, 1965, Sheyann Webb, a 9-year-old Black girl from Selma, Ala., sat in her bedroom, chest heaving, face streaked with tears, her throat still burning from tear gas ...
In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSELMA, Ala. — President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit...
Fact Check: Martin Luther King Jr. on Refusing To Be Silent About Things That Matter
Snopes via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGetty Images Claim: Martin Luther King Jr. said "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent...
Shopper Blog: 2023 MLK commemoration continues with arts events, youth award
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNORTH KNOXVILLE 2023 MLK commemoration continues with arts events, youth award Carol Z. Shane,...
House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana...