'What happened on Bloody Sunday is worthy of remembering.' This marks the 60th anniversary
The anniversary will be marked by a host of programs, including a service at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, where activists ...
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60 years after Bloody Sunday, legacy of martyrs guides fight for voting rights
Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, the SPLC honors 40 civil rights martyrs with a ceremony focused on today’s fight to preserve ...
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Bloody Sunday at 60: This is not a celebration
Bloody Sunday, civil rights activists warn that the right to vote is in peril due to political attacks and restrictive laws.
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Organizers go into anniversary of Bloody Sunday concerned about losing gains
Andrew Young remembers a surreal national moment when ABC News interrupted its Sunday night airing of the movie “Judgment at Nuremberg,” which explored the bigotry, war crimes and complacency of ...
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Preserving the past: WVTM 13 video shows the brutal events of Bloody Sunday in Selma
Sixty years ago on March 7, hundreds of Foot Soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement were violently beaten and gassed by ...
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Bloody Sunday’s Hidden Figures: 7 Black Women History Almost Forgot
This year marks the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a moment that marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Bloody Sunday 60th anniversary: ‘Country was not a democracy for Black folks until that happened’
The legislation is named for John Lewis, the late Georgia congressman who was at the lead of the Bloody Sunday march.
Reporter's Notebook: "Bloody Sunday" and the hope found in the despair
John Lewis was among hundreds of peaceful protesters who were crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, when they were met by brutal police violence. What gave him the courage to stand ...