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.

However, that didn’t stop a gang of Alabama State Troopers from assembling on the far side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where they would tear-gas and violently attack the marchers with the batons. Iconic,

Hundreds marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge honoring 60 years since Bloody Sunday. Activists say the fight for voting rights continues, urging civic engagement.

The John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation has unveiled two new plaques to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first Selma-to-Montgomery March.

Black leaders grapple with progress being undone by a series of court rulings, state laws, and Donald Trump's targeting of racial equity.

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 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.

In honor of all the sacrifices made on behalf of civil rights foot soldiers 60 years ago, the following 60 events are scheduled this March in Selma and Montgomery by Salute Selma, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the city of Montgomery. While many are free, some come with a fee or admission price. Events may be subject to change.

Hundreds of peaceful protestors were crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma ... A young man named John Lewis suffered a fractured skull. Led by Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis and others ...

Moments before leading them across the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock urged the congregation at Tabernacle Baptist Church to create a “reimagining”

Leaders said the chaos and confusion of today's political climate is a threat to the civil rights that Bloody Sunday leaders worked so hard to achieve.