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 ...

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" 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.

Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those who were beaten on the bridge as they marched for civil rights in 1965.

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 ...

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to be among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day Alabama law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators on ...

SELMA, Ala. -- March 7, 1965, will forever be etched in American history as "Bloody Sunday." On that fateful day, 600 civil rights activists gathered in Selma, Alabama, to begin a 52-mile march to ...

On this day in 1965, known in history as “Bloody Sunday,” some 600 people began a 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, to the state Capitol in Montgomery. They were commemorating the death of ...

Dozens walk across St. Johns Bridge to reenact historic Selma march for civil rights of 1965 The march was also in celebration of Black History Month, bringing together people of all walks of life.

Tear gas, billy clubs, chaos. Those were the words that Washingtonians awoke to on March 8, 1965 when they picked up their copy of the Washington Post. A peaceful march in far-away Selma, Ala ...

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.