Bloody Sunday

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John Lewis, Voting Rights, Edmund Pettus Bidge, Bloody Sunday, theGrio.com
March 7, 2025
Black leaders grapple with progress being undone by a series of court rulings, state laws, and Donald Trump's targeting of…
March 7, 2023
As the U.S. marks 58 years since Bloody Sunday, leaders commit to winning what they see as the modern fight…
March 5, 2023
President Joe Biden assailed voter suppression and called for economic justice for Black Americans during his remarks in Selma, Alabama.
March 4, 2023
President Joe Biden will deliver a speech in Selma, Alabama on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
Vice President Kamala Harris
March 6, 2022
Vice President Harris joined leaders in Selma to commemorate 57 years since protesters were brutally beaten on the Edmund Pettus…
Bloody Sunday - African American Studies
March 6, 2022
Vice President Harris's visit to Selma for the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" is a reminder that the struggle for equal…
October 3, 2021
Auburn University professors and students launched a Facebook page to identify hundreds of people who were involved in the 1965…
March 7, 2021
A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting…
Bloody Sunday
March 3, 2019
To commemorate the 1965 civil rights march, politicians and civil rights leaders gathered in Selma Alabama remember the horrors of…
November 19, 2016
A billboard in Mississippi is generating severe backlash for using an image from the civil rights era along with the
March 6, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Not a single member of House GOP leadership will be present at this weekend's Selma anniversary event.…
March 5, 2015
(AP) - They only lasted minutes, but the images of the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, on…
March 5, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Over the weekend, Selma, Alabama, will see over 40 events all planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary…
January 18, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — “Steady, loving confrontation.” Those were the first words Lynda Blackmon Lowery says she heard from the
March 10, 2014
VIDEO - The 49th annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, to mark the anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, was held this…
March 7, 2011
SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontation in Selma...
November 15, 2010
MARION, Ala. (AP) - The shooting death of Jimmie Lee Jackson inspired a Selma march that became known as 'Bloody…
March 11, 2010
VIDEO - Take a ride down Broad Street in Selma, and history will greet you nearly every block...
March 8, 2010
VIDEO - Selma would provide a spark for then-President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the 1965 Voting Rights Act...
March 7, 2010
SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Georgia Congressman John Lewis strolled to the middle of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday and…