On March 7, 1965, police beat and tear-gassed marchers at the foot of the bridge in Selma in a spasm of violence that shocked the nation. The attack help build momentum for passage of the Voting ...

The march and Garland’s speech were among dozens of events during the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee, which began Thursday and culminated Sunday. The commemoration is a frequent stop for ...

A day after President Obama spoke in Selma, Ala., to mark the 50th anniversary ... truncheons at the foot of the Edmund Pettus bridge. The march started ahead of schedule, Reuters reports, with ...

include a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery. The events run from March 3-23.

"We hear about the bridge crossing ... how Black people were treated outside the U.S. Long before the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, Gildersleeve and others had begun protesting and educating ...

On March 7, 1965, police beat and tear-gassed marchers at the foot of the bridge in Selma in a spasm of violence that shocked the nation. The attack help build momentum for passage of the Voting ...

On the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march that erupted in police violence on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, President Barack Obama praised the figures of a civil rights era that he ...

The group of demonstrators finally cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where just ... thousand protestors on a five-day march that started on March 21, 1965, in Selma, Alabama. Here, a boy waves ...

SELMA, ALABAMA - MARCH 01: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) arrives to speak to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment marking the 55th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday on March 1 ...

Dozens of people in Portland marked the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They marched across the St. Johns Bridge in Northwest Portland to commemorate the historic Selma march for civil rights ...

An anniversary march from Selma to Montgomery is set to begin Monday ... On Saturday, Obama joined civil rights leaders and others at the bridge and talked about progress in race relations ...

In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are ...