In this episode of Our Journey Forward, we focus on "The Bridge," one of the most powerful and emotional moments of our ...

At the end of the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech on the steps of the Alabama state ...

It would be almost another three years before John Lewis got his skull cracked protesting injustice. Three years before he ...

The Roanoke Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is commemorating the March 7, 1965, March for Voting Rights at 4 p.m. Friday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. TV reporters and photographers were there ...

Aniko Bodroghkozy, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

On Sunday, March 7, 1965, what later became known as “Bloody Sunday, about 600 people marched in pairs across Selma’s Edmund Pettis Bridge.

During the Civil Rights Movement, restaurants were vital for protesters and organizers to gather. Here are some of the most ...

Dig into Alabama’s soul food gems—where recipes carry history, flavor hugs your heart, and every bite tells a story worth ...

The Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past organization will host a variety of activities, lectures and programs to honor several key anniversaries of events in the civil rights movement and ensure young ...