60th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ marked in Selma amid concerns about future of voting rights
Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were ...
60 years after ‘Bloody Sunday,’ leaders say voting rights and racial equality have declined
Black leaders grapple with progress being undone by a series of court rulings, state laws, and Donald Trump's targeting of ...
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Commemorating 60 years of Bloody Sunday
On March 7, 1965, a pivotal moment in American history unfolded as Black civil rights activists faced brutal violence while ...
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Commemorating 60 years since 'Bloody Sunday' and the fight for voting rights
Sixty years ago, civil rights leaders and nonviolent activists tried to march from Selma to Montgomery in the fight for the ...
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Upholding John Lewis’ Legacy: 10 People Trying To Secure Voting Rights
These 10 remarkable individuals are upholding John Lewis' tradition of making “good trouble” in the name of securing voting ...
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Selma marks 60th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’
Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on March 7, 1965.
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60 years after Bloody Sunday, legacy of martyrs guides fight for voting rights
Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, the SPLC honors 40 civil rights martyrs with a ceremony focused on today’s fight to preserve ...
How bloodshed in Selma led to the US Voting Rights Act 1965
The bloodshed in Selma prompted President Lyndon B Johnson to push for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever passed by Congress. The landmark Act was ...