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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· 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 ...
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...
'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...
On This Day, March 7: Police attack Selma, Ala., marchers on Bloody Sunday
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn March 7, 1965, civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., were turned back...
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...
Selma marchers beaten, gas up to $1.67 a gallon: News Journal archives, week of March 3
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months ago"Pages of history" features excerpts from The News Journal archives including the Wilmington Morning...
'The power of ordinary Americans': Remembering Selma foot soldier George Sallie
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRain fell in Selma on Saturday, Jan. 27 — the day that hundreds of people honored the legacy of...
'Sacred ground': Joe Biden marks 58th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe black-and-white images that flickered across television sets from that Bloody Sunday in Selma...
The 1965 Civil Rights March That Changed Everything
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPeter Pettus/Library of CongressMarch 21, 1965Walter Dobyne intends to make it all the way from Selma to Montgomery this time. The 18-year-old student...