Sixty years ago on March 7, 1965, a group of peaceful, unarmed activists — men, women and children — walked slowly and with purpose toward a mass of hatred. That day on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...

Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people. One of the ...

Growing up in Montgomery, 17-year-old Ryley Tate Wilson said he's studied his city's role in the Civil Rights Movement — including a major piece of it that happened more than 40 years before he was ...

This article was originally published in the March 26, 1965 issue of TIME in the Nation page. The plan as proposed reaches to the outer limits of what is constitutionally allowed. However, the wrongs ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights represented the political and emotional peak of the modern civil rights movement. On "Bloody ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The cities of Selma and Montgomery will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A Women’s History Month event planned for Thursday will honor the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March. That march—that started with Bloody Sunday—led congress ...

The Montgomery Bicycle Club will hold a 51-mile bike ride in honor of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march. The cost to participate is $265 for cyclists and $145 for non-riders. The event will include ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The City of Montgomery is finishing up celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March. Celebrations ended at the Capitol steps Sunday with a ...

Events, many of them free, include a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The marches are led by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery. The ...