On March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights advocates, including late Congressman John Lewis, gathered for a peaceful march for voting rights in Selma. But that peace was shattered on the Edmund ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...

As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ ...

SELMA, ALABAMA - MARCH 01: Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) arrives to speak to the crowd at the Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing reenactment marking the 55th anniversary of Selma's Bloody Sunday on March 1 ...

Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr. addressed Congressional leaders, expressing heightened fear among people. Rep. Terri Sewell advocates for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore ...

As we honor the life and legacy of the esteemed U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a longtime Congressman from Georgia and fearless champion of civil rights and voting equality who died almost 5 years ago on ...

A young man named John Lewis suffered a fractured ... faith leaders, members of congress and civil rights veterans will gather in Selma to commemorate the 60 th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday ...

President Lyndon Johnson gave a pivotal speech to Congress a week later, calling Selma a turning point in ... Jr., center, and John Lewis, a crowd estimated by police at 5,000, marched across ...