Bloody Sunday

NNPA NEWSWIRE —  On the morning of March 7, 1965, nonviolent activists, including a young John Lewis, set out on a 54-mile march from...

SELMA, Ala. (AP)—Several members of Congress joined civil rights activists and others Sunday afternoon for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma dating to 1965. A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of Georgia led the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was to recall “Bloody Sunday,” when voting rights […]

Civil Rights Warrior Amelia Boynton Robinson,  Dies At 104 America has lost a warrior of the Civil Rights Movement. Ms. Amelia Boynton Robinson died Wednesday in Alabama of a massive stroke. She was 104 years old. The world will miss the presence of Amelia Boynton, Civil  Rights warrior  whose contribution to the struggle made a difference.  Be very clear that […]

This has already been a memorable, emotional 2015 for legendary Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.). Fresh off of commemorating the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" at the...

SELMA, Ala. — Atlanta's legendary Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) showed unequivocally that, even 50 years later, the violent events of "Bloody Sunday" at the...

Media magnate and Selma producer Oprah Winfrey will join the cast members in a march Sunday in Selma, Ala. to commemorate the birthday of...

Lionized human rights advocate, civil rights leader and esteemed Congressman John Lewis chronicled his role in the transcendent, history-altering Civil Rights Movement and the iconic March...

SELMA, Ala.­­­­ -- The Rev. Al Sharpton, chief of the National Action Network and host of MSNBC's Politics Nation, addresses the crowd on...

By Special to the Daily WorldMark your calendars. All roads lead to Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery...

    SELMA -- Hundreds  re-enact the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery that ended in a brutal attack by state troopers at the...