March 7, 1965 -- approximately 600 peaceful demonstrators approached the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. They had begun their procession less than a mile away at the Brown Chapel A ...

Like democracy, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 didn’t come with a lifetime warranty. The survival of both depends on our vigilance in protecting the vote, democracy’s most important lifeline.

By Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, Guest Columnist. Sixty years ago, March 15, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson, during a Joint Session of Congress said, “At times history and fa ...

To ensure voters are informed, the League of Women Voters of Alabama and the Alabama Poor People’s Campaign teamed up to hold a mayoral candidates forum. More than 60 years ago, civil rights leaders ...