On, March 7, 1965, about 600 people began a 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery ... to protect his mother at a civil rights demonstration.

This weekend Alabama continues to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery ... attendees will see images from the Civil Rights Trail and the path to the Alabama ...

In early 1965, civil ... a 54-mile march to Montgomery. African American residents of Selma line up at the county courthouse to register to vote, but are denied. Source: Civil Rights Movement ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a central figure in the famed Civil Rights ... an Alabama voting rights campaign that began in early 1965 culminating in a march from Selma, Alabama, to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

On March 25, 1965, the historic Selma to Montgomery March concluded with ... community in post World War II integration and civil rights efforts. She tells the powerful story of how some 44 ...