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.
Thousands gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus bridge to celebrate and memorialize Civil Rights leaders who Marched in the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.
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.
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.
The Little Rock branch of the NAACP held a march today to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement when
Thousands gathered Sunday at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to hear lawmakers’ words of encouragement. Among these lawmakers were Congresswoman Terri Sewell and Congressman Shomari Figures, who says seeing all these people in Selma on the anniversary weekend of Bloody Sunday gives him hope.
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