In an op-ed, SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang reflects on 60 years of struggle, marching and sacrifices for civil, ...
Events for the Jubilee Anniversary of the Selma Bridge Crossing began in Selma on Friday. The theme on Friday was all about ...
SELMA, AL – Sixty years have passed since a group of peaceful protesters were severely beaten after crossing the Edmund ...
The Rev. Martin Luther King — who had been occupied elsewhere ... That same day, a federal judge clears the way for protesters to march from Selma to Montgomery. Johnson nationalizes the Alabama ...
In 1965, the Selma marches marked a significant turning ... and civil disobedience The marches were organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC ...
Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville's Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were ...
Bloody Sunday 60th anniversary march in Selma, Alabama and another ceremonial march in Little Rock, Arkansas hosted by NAACP ...
Alongside Martin Luther King in that pivotal moment for civil rights marched Greek Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas Iakovos.
John Reynolds returned to Selma for the 60th anniversary of both the SCOPE program and the Selma to Montgomery march.
Saturday was the second day of festivities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Selma Bridge Crossing. Local ...
The march on Washington was big and led to the 1964 Civil Rights Bill, but the Bloody Sunday Selma massacre that was seen on ...