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Plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge
Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those who were beaten...
Diamond anniversary celebration set for Edmund Pettus Bridge
The city of Selma has celebrated its fair share of anniversaries this year, but there is one that hasn't been celebrated yet - the...
State Senate seeks to rename Edmund Pettus Bridge
Alabama senators are seeking to rename Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, a historic site in the voting rights movement that bears the name of a...
Across the bridge: Terri Sewell carries torch for voting bill
Growing up in the civil rights epicenter of Selma, Alabama, Terri Sewell heard all the stories.
About the police violence during...
Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge
The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the...
Renaming Alabama bridge for John Lewis opposed in Selma
Some say renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge for John Lewis, who died Friday, would dishonor local activists who spent years advocating for civil rights before Lewis arrived in town in the 1960s.
Hillary Clinton to attend Selma’s annual Jubilee Bridge Crossing
On Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3, Selma, Ala. will host the largest voting rights commemoration event in the country — the Bridge Crossing...
Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary
Thousands converged Saturday on the National Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington, saying a country that...
Voting rights marcher Della Simpson Maynor recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal...
Della Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion, Alabama. Her most distinct memory of that...
Terri Sewell says that voting rights struggle continues today
Congresswoman Terri Sewell said that the voting rights struggle continues today. Sewell made her comments during a hearing of the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee...
