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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...
Eighth of August: Civil rights activist who took part in 1965 Selma march will be at Jubilee
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis year’s Eighth of August Jubilee brings a giant of the Civil Rights Movement to Knoxville....
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...
Selma, Alabama Church Known For Voting Rights Movement Lands On Endangered Places List
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLike many Black churches around the country, the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama,...
Biden to visit Selma, Ala. for voting rights anniversary
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden will travel to Alabama on Sunday to mark the 58th anniversary of a landmark...
'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...
Fred Gray, the 'chief counsel for the protest movement,' to get Medal of Freedom for his civil...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., left, and attorney Fred Gray, whom King called 'the...
Stories from the foot soldiers: Civil rights activists reconnect down memory lane
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoChatter buzzed throughout Selma High School Saturday morning as community members, civil rights foot...
The new Selma? Activists say under DeSantis Florida is 'ground zero' in civil rights fight
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWASHINGTON – At first Salanda Benton didn’t think enough people were paying attention to what she...
'Immense scale of suffering' in Gaza demands temporary cease-fire, Vice President Harris says
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoVice President Kamala Harris spoke on Sunday afternoon in Selma, Alabama, to mark the upcoming 59th...