Amid one of the most difficult eras in American history, the weather in the Southeast did nothing to ease the ongoing fight for justice. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark achievement that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama on March 21, 1965. Rare deals from ...

SELMA, Ala. -- Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands are gathering in the Alabama city this weekend, amid new concerns ...

This weekend marks the 61st anniversary of the march on Selma, otherwise known as “Bloody Sunday.” One of the most violent marches of the Civil Rights Movement, the protest took place on March 7, 1965 ...

A march by over 500 civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. State troopers and police fired tear gas and beat marchers with batons in what ...

(RNS) — Faith leaders will first gather at Selma’s Tabernacle Baptist Church for a prayer service before marching silently on ...

This is the time of year to remember the march in Selma, Alabama (March 7 to 21, 1965). I heard it mentioned on the radio. I visited Selma several years ago. The irony of the site struck me, and I ...