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The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice will launch a digital archive this fall featuring articles, photos, videos, ...
Jacksonville residents will join the Good Trouble Lives On movement, rallying this week to honor the legacy of civil rights ...
More than 1,600 events are planned across the nation to honor Lewis and protest Trump administration policies and actions.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Civil Rights Leaders on Highway 80, Selma to Montgomery March African American Museum ...
Wikimedia Commons/Abernathy Family The 1965 Selma to Montgomery March About 600 civil rights marchers left Brown Chapel AME ...
Alabama’s Selma-to-Montgomery march began as a memorial to Jimmie Lee Jackson, a young Black civil rights activist who was killed by police on Feb. 26, 1965.
Their plan was to march 50 miles, from Selma to Montgomery, to protest the recent police killing of activist Jimmie Lee Jackson and to press Gov. Wallace for Black voting rights.
He famously forced President Lyndon B. Johnson to deploy the National Guard in 1965 after refusing to guarantee the safety of civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery.
The Unity Tour is composed of segments in Montgomery, Selma and Tuskegee, Ala. where each member institution’s selected individuals participate in immersive educational experiences through ...
The Edmond Pettus Bridge is a historical landmark in Selma, Alabama. Completed in 1940, it spans the Alabama River and is best known for its role in the Civil Rights Movement.
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This back-and-white digital image ...