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'Foundation of the bridge': Recalling 'Courageous Eight' who risked all to spearhead Selma marches
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNearly 60 years ago, Black leaders organized three marches from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the...
1965 Selma to Montgomery March Fast Facts
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year 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 ...
'Selma was a reckoning': Biden marks voting rights anniversary in Alabama
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that the Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived to Selma...
Alabama brawl turns spotlight on Montgomery’s racial history
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoViral video of a chaotic brawl along Montgomery, Alabama’s riverfront has renewed national...
Selma's 'smallest freedom fighter' reflects on Civil Rights Movement 59 years later
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSheyann Webb-Christburg had just turned 9 years old when she became Selma's "smallest freedom...
Bloody Sunday: In Selma, Harris links rights movement with bodily autonomy
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSpeaking in Selma, Alabama, on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris...
Selma the Musical: City's untold stories find new life on the stage
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt was a mere 59 years ago that thousands stood up to oppression and marched from Selma for the...
Original Selma marcher dies on eve of tribute; others pledge to fight on
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBilly clubs hitting bodies, screams for help, tears dripping from the gas in the air. Hundreds of...
Black Alabamians Fear Their Voices Won't Be Heard in the Midterms as They Vote in Contested...
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during commemorations for the 57th anniversary of...
Bloody Sunday commemorated on its 58th anniversary in Selma
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUS-POLITICS-RIGHTS-HARRIS Today (March 5) marks the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a day that is...