Derry Journal on MSN11h
As world commemorates Selma, Forest Issac Jones traces close links between the civil rights struggles in Derry and Alabama
As the world commemorates the 60th anniversary of the seminal events at Selma a fascinating new study has cast fresh light on ...
Community Impact14h
Q&A: Meet your candidates for Selma City Council Place 6
1. Continued progress on improvements to city roads, utilities & quality of life 2. Focus on a balanced tax structure & ...
Selma Blair, Sheryl Lee Ralph and More Stars’ Secrets to Living a Cheerful Life
Selma Blair, Sheryl Lee Ralph and more stars are giving Us their tips for finding joy — but what does happiness look like ...
‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...
Selma Miriam, Founder of the Feminist Restaurant Bloodroot, Dies at 89
She and Noel Furie had just come out as lesbians when they opened an unusual gathering place for women in Connecticut. Nearly ...
The Sacramento Observer1d
60 Years Since Selma: Religious, Political Leaders Talk Next Steps Ahead
(WIB) – Although many freedom fighters and faith leaders make the yearly March pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama in commemoration of the hundreds of civil rights activists injured by police on March 7, ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)13d
Lesson plan: Enduring significance of the Selma to Montgomery March
Students will learn about the 1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery during the Civil Rights Movement. They will examine the ...
60 Years Later: Hundreds gather in Selma to commemorate Bloody Sunday, honor foot soldiers, and continue the fight for change
In 1965, activists started a march from Selma to Montgomery to demonstrate the right to vote. However, as they were crossing ...
At Selma’s civil rights anniversary, fears rise about the way forward
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org11d
60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma
Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...
Chicago Tribune11d
‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
The Bloody Sunday marchers walked in pairs across the Selma bridge. Mauldin was in the third pair of the line led by Lewis and Hosea Williams. “We had steeled our nerves to a point where we were ...