March 9, 1965 - Unitarian Universalist minister James Reeb, in Selma to join marchers, is attacked by a group of white men and beaten. He dies of his injuries two days later. More in U.S.

Olsen said he is "very much aware" that he could have died instead of Reeb. — -- Rev. Clark Olsen, who was with civil rights activist James Reeb the night he was murdered in Selma, Alabama in ...

That day became known as "Bloody Sunday," when activists attempted to peacefully march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, ... (far right) attend a memorial service for James Reeb. Reeb, ...

SELMA, Ala. – Martin Luther King Street buzzed with excitement Sunday morning, the crowd increasing by the minute. Barricades lined the sidewalks leading to the famous Brown Chapel, the starting ...

Bell Ringer: The Murders of Jimmie Lee Jackson and James Reeb. ... AL, and the impact these had on the Civil Rights movement, specifically on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery, AL Voting Rights March. ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (center left), Rev. Ralph Abernathy (center right), and Archbishop Iakovos (far right) attend a memorial service for James Reeb.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (center left), Rev. Ralph Abernathy (center right), and Archbishop Iakovos (far right) attend a memorial service for James Reeb.

James "Spider" Martin was assigned to photograph the protests in Alabama after civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by state troopers.