March 7, 1965 - About 600 people begin a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Lewis and Hosea Williams. Marchers demand an end to discrimination in voter registration.

John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, one last time Sunday, by way of a horse-drawn hearse, which carried the famed civil rights leader and U.S. congressman past the site ...

In 1965, John Lewis was beaten when a voting rights march across a bridge in Selma, Alabama, turned violent. He crossed that bridge one last time. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

March 7, 1965 – About 600 people begin a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Lewis and Hosea Williams. Marchers demand an end to discrimination in voter registration.

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 ...

Selma bridge got its name ... pressure is mounting to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Lewis was one of the prominent activists who marched across the bridge March 7, 1965, ...

The somber journey brought Lewis full-circle to the spot where he almost died as a 25-year-old on March 7, 1965, when Alabama state troopers attacked him and other civil rights demonstrators in an ...

Thousands descended on Selma, Alabama on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a now infamous day in 1965 when police beat and tear-gassed peaceful protesters ...

"Selma" director Ava DuVernay on debate over movie's historical accuracy 05:51. Lisa Stevens brought her two children, ages 6 and 10, so they could walk the bridge that King walked.

March 7, 1965 - About 600 people begin a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Lewis and Hosea Williams. Marchers demand an end to discrimination in voter registration.

March 7, 1965 – About 600 people begin a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Lewis and Hosea Williams. Marchers demand an end to discrimination in voter registration.