By March 25 of that tumultuous spring, a final five-day, 54-mile march from the city of Selma to the State Capitol Building in Montgomery, which had swelled to 25,000 people, finally delivered a ...

On March 7, 1965, a day that became known as “Bloody Sunday,” hundreds of activists led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to champion voting rights.

Montgomery, Alabama, the final site of a crucial march from Selma, is set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of an event that culminated in one of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest ...

Former Georgia Congressman John Lewis encouraged people to get in “good trouble” during his life. Lewis knew of what he spoke about, having been a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, including ...

The Congressional Black Caucus marked the 5th anniversary of Rep. John Lewis' death by vowing to continue to fight for voting rights and civil rights ...

Voting Rights History Bowl When: Thursday, March 6, 9-11 a.m. Location: R.B. Hudson Middle School, 1701 Summerfield Road, Selma; Women’s Legal Symposium ...

On, March 7, 1965, about 600 people began a 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery. They were demonstrating for African American voting rights and to ...

This March 21, 1965 file photo shows Martin Luther King, Jr. and his civil rights marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., heading for the capitol in Montgomery.

Students will learn about the 1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery during the Civil Rights Movement. They will examine the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and watch clips from the movie "Selma".

FEB. 28, 1965. Organizers go public with their plan to march from Selma across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and down U.S. Highway 80 to Montgomery. Leaders call Alabama Gov. George Wallace to ask for ...

In March 1965, a walk for voting rights took five days to make the journey from Selma to Montgomery. On Saturday, Feb. 22, a group will use bicycles to make the same trip in hours. In honor of the ...

On the fifth day of the Alabama voter registration march, thousands of civil rights marchers are massed together to begin their three-mile walk on the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on March 25, 1965.