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A nun, identified as Sister Robert Joseph (Margaret Lawler), rests in the shadows of military police, March 29, 1965, during the Selma to Montgomery march, March 29, 1965.
The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery. The events run from March 3-23. Highlights include a gospel and R&B explosion, a hip-hop summit and a ...
Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a crowd of 25,000 on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery.
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 ...
Much of his archive from those monumental Selma protests have been newly restored and is now on display at The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, in time for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
The 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and the Selma March to Montgomery will be commemorated this weekend with events focused on the themes of education equity, Historically Black Colleges ...
Selma, Alabama's historic Jackson home, where the 1965 Selma voting rights march was planned, has been moved to The Henry Ford's Greenfield Village.
The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery. The events run from March 3-23. Highlights include a gospel and R&B explosion, a hip-hop summit and a ...
The events commemorate “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965, when demonstrators were beaten by officers as they marched from Selma to the state capitol in Montgomery support of voting rights.