We know the leaders of the movement, but how well do you know the story behind the 26-year-old martyr whose death sparked ...
Selma was not only about ballots. It was about state power — and who it protects. The marchers were protesting not just voter ...
A delegation from the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission will travel to Selma, Alabama on March 7 & 8 to commemorate ...
More than six decades after the marches that helped change the course of American history, some of the people who helped lead ...
The front page of the Deseret News on March 8, 1965, as American recovered from a busy weekend of news, including a race riot in Selma, Alabama. Editor’s note: This story was originally published on ...
Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people. One of the ...
SELMA, Ala. -- Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
A pivotal moment unfolded in Selma, Alabama, beginning on March 7, 1965. Roughly 600 courageous demonstrators launched a march that caught the attention of the entire nation. Activists sought to ...
This article was originally published in the March 26, 1965 issue of TIME in the Nation page. The plan as proposed reaches to the outer limits of what is constitutionally allowed. However, the wrongs ...
Friday was the first time the historic Brown Chapel AME Church opened its doors since 2020 to fix termite, water and structural issues.