John Reynolds returned to Selma for the 60th anniversary of both the SCOPE program and the Selma to Montgomery march. Reynolds spent 7 years in Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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People gather at Edmund Pettus Bridge for 60th Bridge Crossing Jubilee
Hundreds walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge on 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Hundreds marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge honoring 60 years since Bloody Sunday. Activists say the fight for voting rights continues, urging civic engagement.
'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Reflecting on past struggles and emphasizing the importance of voting, the aging foot soldiers are urging younger generations to continue the fight for racial justice and equal voting rights.
Assaults on our democracy are not new, but thanks to those brave foot soldiers 60 years ago we have the tools to fight them.
Worried about the future, marchers crossed the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Sunday in the 60th commemoration of one of the most shocking days of the 1960s movement.
The events in Selma on March 7, 1965 and the days that followed marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.
Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, a key turning point in American history transpired in the heart of Alabama, when hundreds of peaceful demonstrators marching for Black voting rights were violently assaulted by local police and state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.
Hundreds gathered Sunday in Selma, Alabama to mark the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when a group of peaceful demonstrators marched for African Americans' voting rights and were brutally beaten
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