SELMA, Ala. -- Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday. The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Invoking the legacy of 1965 Selma marches, protesters march for voting access and representation in 2026 ...

Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people. One of the ...

(RNS) — Faith leaders will first gather at Selma’s Tabernacle Baptist Church for a prayer service before marching silently on ...

This article was originally published in the March 26, 1965 issue of TIME in the Nation page. The plan as proposed reaches to the outer limits of what is constitutionally allowed. However, the wrongs ...

Amid one of the most difficult eras in American history, the weather in the Southeast did nothing to ease the ongoing fight for justice. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark achievement that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The grounds of the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation are now home to one of the country’s most pivotal residences in civil ...

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, 2020 ...