Tag: Edmund Pettus Bridge
In Selma, Joe Biden says right to vote remains under assault
President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the...
Alabama church of ‘Bloody Sunday’ on endangered places list
Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning...
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...
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis lies in state at Capitol
In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on...
Retired Alabama Power vice president still marching from Selma to Montgomery
When former Alabama Power vice president Julian Smith retired in 2008, he continued overseeing fundraising efforts for the Selma to Montgomery March Foundation board.
Born and raised in Selma,...
Commemoration of ‘Bloody Sunday’ set in Alabama
Several members of Congress have joined civil rights activists and others for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma dating...
Terri Sewell: Remembering Bloody Sunday
History is never stagnant. The saga of American democracy and the battle for the right to vote has its moments of inspiration, just as...
Moral activists to hold Selma voting rights town hall Sunday
Fifty-two years after the “Bloody Sunday” attacks on marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a group of moral activists will a hold town hall...
Selma to commemorate”Bloody Sunday” will host largest voting rights commemoration event...
On Thursday, March 2 through Sunday, March 5, Selma, Ala. will host the largest voting rights commemoration event in the country — the Bridge...
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...
