Over half a century ago, all eyes were on Selma, Ala., as police brutally beat peaceful protesters who were attempting to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their way to the state capitol in Montgomery. Among the nearly 600 protesters in 1965 was 11-year-old Jo Ann Bland.
Other Facts: Lewis' skull was fractured in 1965 during an attempted voting rights march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. March 7, 1965 - Helps organize a voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and is among 600 demonstrators attacked by police.
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Alabama Democrat Doug Jones is trying to shore up support among black voters in his U.S. Senate race against Republican Roy Moore by appealing for an end to the divisiveness that has long been part of the state's politics. Speaking at an event held at a predominantly black church Friday night after stops in heavily black areas of east Alabama during the day, Jones said he hoped Election Day will be historic for the state.
A former Dallas County constable is facing 14 counts of identity theft after authorities found printing machines and social security numbers inside a Selma hotel room, District Attorney Michael Jackson said. Demario Benjamin, along with Christopher Ford and Markus Gloss, were arrested after the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fireworks and Explosives and the Fourth Circuit Drug Tasks Force executed a search warrant at a room at Selma Hotel on West Highland Avenue.
A Georgia congressman who joined Martin Luther King Jr. in the historic Selma march will speak at Berea College's commencement ceremony next month. Rep. John Lewis helped organize the march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 that demanded an end to voter registration discrimination.
On March 7, 1965, a march by peaceful civil rights demonstrators turned violent when the group was attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. According to history.com, "Although Wallace ordered state troopers 'to use whatever measures are necessary to prevent a march,' approximately 600 voting rights advocates set out from the Brown Chapel AME Church on Sunday, March 7. King, who had met with President Lyndon Johnson two days earlier to discuss voting rights legislation, remained back in Atlanta with his own congregation and planned to join the marchers en route the following day.
People run from two men dressed in fake police attire during the annual re-enactment of a key event in the civil rights movement in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2017. Sunday marked the 52nd anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma.
Thousands of people are expected to converge in the city of Selma, Alabama for the annual re-enactment of a key event in the civil rights movement. Sunday marks the 52nd anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma.
In this March 7, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, their daughters Malia and Sasha, as well as members of Congress, former President George W. Bush, and civil rights leaders make a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a civil rights march in which protestors were beaten, trampled and tear-gassed by police at the site. Blacks who celebrate the civil rights movement and whites who commemorate the Civil War are suddenly finding themselves fighting on the same side in historic Selma, Alabama: against City Hall.
A man accused of shooting two Indians in a suburban Kansas City bar, killing one man and injuring two others in an attack that some witnesses said was racially motivated, has been charged with murder and attempted... A man accused of shooting two Indians in a suburban Kansas City bar, killing one man and injuring two others in an attack that some witnesses said was racially motivated, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Residents of historic Selma, Alabama, have found a common fight against city fees that threaten a civil rights celebration and scratched a Civil War re-enactment.
This image released by the Thiqa News Agency, burned motorcycles that damaged after a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village, about 8 kilometers north of al-Bab,... .
There is no denying the impact John Lewis had on the civil rights movement. As one of the people who took part in the Selma to Montgomery marches, Lewis was the victim of a beating at the hands of the Alabama State Police on March 7, 1965, also known as 'Bloody Sunday.'
The billboard appears to depict a moment from the civil rights era and has the words "Make America Great Again" on it. It's placed on a Lamar Advertising billboard.