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SELMA, Ala. – A group of about 100 people set out Monday to retrace the historic steps taken 50 years ago, when demonstrators pushing for equal voting rights marched from Selma, Alabama, to the ...
The plan we were pondering—as students at Ripon College in central Wisconsin, 60 years ago this month—seemed crazy at first. But it was the 1960s, and we were young and brimming with the idealism of ...
Last weekend people from as far away as Alaska and the Virgin Islands returned to Selma, Alabama, to remember yet another tragedy that occurred half a century ago when, on Aug. 20, 1965, a 26-year ...
SELMA, Ala. — She’s now 100 years old and lives a world away in Manhattan, but Athelstein Sullivan Parrish still has crystal clear memories of that historic Selma day in 1965. Parrish w… ...
In March 1965, Ripon College student Gary G. Yerkey was among 10 from the college eager to join the march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama.
The inspiration of Selma 60 years ago stayed with me, leading to a 45-year career as director of two state ACLU affiliates fighting for civil liberties and, especially, voting rights.
The Huntsville Times editorial pages fretted about "ill conceived" march and -- much like today's world -- pondered whether mass protests can be counterproductive ...
The SS Selma turns 100, but might not survive another 15 years Published: Apr. 27, 2019, 4:46 p.m. ss selma Photo courtesy of MAREUD The SS Selma sits moored and under construction in Mobile.
50 years ago, 33 Canisius College students and 3 faculty members carved out a legacy for their school by marching the first 9 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., during ...
President Barack Obama to a gathering in Selma, Alabama commemorating it’s 50th anniversary on Saturday, March 7, 2015. It has been 50 years since Bloody Sunday, when demonstrators faced ...