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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 ...
'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...
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...
Alabama brawl turns spotlight on Montgomery’s racial history
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoViral video of a chaotic brawl along Montgomery, Alabama’s riverfront has renewed national...
Selma the Musical: City's untold stories find new life on the stage
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt was a mere 59 years ago that thousands stood up to oppression and marched from Selma for the...
Civil rights legacy puts 'the eyes of the world' on tornado damage in Selma, Alabama
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSELMA, Ala. – As Pearlie Miller stood in front of her home in Selma, Alabama, on Friday morning, she...
Selma's 'smallest freedom fighter' reflects on Civil Rights Movement 59 years later
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 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· 2 months agoSpeaking in Selma, Alabama, on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris...
NEH program in Selma, Alabama on civil rights movement was life-changing, attendee says
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis summer, I had the privilege of being chosen to attend a National Endowment for the Humanities...