Selma

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August 6, 2025
Selma home where MLK planned historic voting rights marches relocated to Michigan museum amid mounting political attacks.
thegrio, Selma, Bloody Sunday, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Voting Rights, Alabama
March 9, 2025
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday, a dark stain…
February 28, 2023
The president is scheduled to speak for the annual remembrance of “Bloody Sunday,” which took place in Selma in 1965.
January 14, 2023
Selma, the city synonymous with the civil rights movement, was left ravaged by a strong storm that swept through Alabama.
April 6, 2022
Bridge signage wouldn't change, but the words “foot soldier” would get separate marking, including silhouette art of the historic protesters.
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…
June 9, 2021
The grassroots distribution and social-impact advocacy collective DuVernay founded in 2011 has since amplified unique voices in film.
May 18, 2021
Alabama police have issued an arrest warrant for a man in connection with the theft of a Confederate monument that…
May 15, 2021
The Alabama Civil Rights Podcast will be available through the state's tourism department site and other sites where podcasts are…
Democratic Leadership Of Virginia Surrounded In Controvesy After Racists Photos And Sexual Assault Allegations Surface
April 6, 2021
A group calling themselves White Lies Matter is holding a stolen Confederate statue for ransom unless their demands are met.
December 17, 2020
In the final weeks before his Georgia Senate runoff, Jon Ossoff tributes the late Congressman John Lewis in a new…
Ava DuVernay Black Lives Matter election thegrio.com
November 4, 2020
'When They See Us' director Ava DuVernay delivered a powerful speech at a Black Lives Matter event in Los Angeles…
July 20, 2020
David A. Love says honoring the legacy of John Lewis must also include renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama…
Health care workers, theGrio.com
June 10, 2020
The struggles of people living in the Black Belt have become even more difficult with unemployment intensifying and coronavirus infections raging.
Ava Duvernay
June 6, 2020
Ava Duvernay confirmed Selma was denied votes for the Academy Awards after cast wore "I Can't Breathe" t-shirts to the 2014…
Ava DuVernay theGrio.com
December 30, 2019
Writer, director, and producer Ava DuVernay made a major mark on the entertainment world over the past ten years and…
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…
Ava DuVernay
February 8, 2019
Ava DuVernay takes over 'TIME' Magazine as guest editor and features Lena Waithe, Laverne Cox and Cicely Tyson in this…