The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches that culminated in the passing of the landmark Voting Rights Act, will be commemorated in March of 2025. As in ...

This Library of Congress photograph shows participants of the 1965 civil rights ... of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, capping the struggle to pass the Voting Rights Act.

Sixty years ago this month, civil rights activists walked across ... recalls being beat as he and others tried to march from Selma to Montgomery. He was a 17-year-old high school student at ...

In March, the country commemorated the 60th anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery ... the prominent civil rights leader and ordained minister, led a ...

Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery ... for the civil rights movement that would lead to the August passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I was a bit player in the Selma March ...

Growing up in Montgomery, 17-year-old Ryley Tate Wilson said he's studied his city's role in the Civil ... in Selma. Protesters who planned to march to Montgomery for voting rights were beaten ...

Selma, Alabama, occupies a unique place in U.S. history as the site of the pivotal civil rights march across the Edmund ... a key part of the Selma-to-Montgomery Historic Trail, is undergoing ...

was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were assaulted by Alabama state troopers and police as they attempted to march from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery in an effort to ...

Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights activists, also known as foot soldiers, marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to fight for the right to vote for Black people. As they ...

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, capping the struggle to pass the Voting Rights Act. Howard Simon [ Provided ] It was the apex of the civil ...

SEABROOK ISLAND — Six decades ago, a protest march attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma ... civil rights activists of the phase that started with Rosa Parks and the Montgomery ...

Thousands gathered in Selma over the weekend to mark 60 years since the historic civil rights march ... beat as he and others tried to march from Selma to Montgomery. He was a 17-year-old high ...