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 ...

future Congressman John Lewis and 600 other civil rights demonstrators crossed the bridge from Selma for a planned march to Montgomery to protest voting discrimination against Black Americans.

Johnson. In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are scheduled this March in Selma and Montgomery by Salute Selma ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) will partner with 21 Dreams Arts & Culture to showcase ...

SELMA, ALABAMA - MARCH 01 ... the 55th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday on March 1, 2020 in Selma, Alabama. Mr. Lewis marched for civil rights across the bridge 55 years ago.

Growing up in Montgomery ... the Selma-to-Montgomery March — which began with brutal Bloody Sunday bridge crossing in Selma. Protesters who planned to march to Montgomery for voting rights ...

SELMA, Ala. — Florence Richardson knows all too well the grim story of Bloody Sunday. She was there on the Edmund Pettus Bridge 60 years ago and recalls it as vividly as if it were yesterday ...

On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates ... There will events throughout the weekend in Selma and Montgomery. ©2025 Cox Media Group ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Sixty years ago, civil rights leaders and nonviolent activists tried to march from Selma to Montgomery in the fight for the right to vote. On March 7, 1965, 600 civil ...

Johnson in Montgomery to determine whether ... lapsed in the Alabama House without action. The Selma march was but one moment in the civil rights movement. Yet it's timeless lesson is how the ...

where we would arrive the day before the Selma-to-Montgomery march was due to begin. Participating in the march, one of the pivotal moments in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, was inspiring. It ...

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 ...