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SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A processional with Lewis’ casket ...
Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, 600 marchers protesting for voting equality left the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma ...
On March 7, 1965, young civil rights leader John Lewis led hundreds of peaceful marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...
Crowds watched solemnly Sunday as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in ...
The Dec. 25 release of the movie Selma showcases not only one of the key chapters in the civil rights movement but also one of the most important episodes in American history, one that paved the way ...
TULSA, Okla. — A group of local activists just returned from Selma, Alabama. They were chosen to participate in a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where 60 years ago, people ...