On March 25, 1965, the historic Selma to Montgomery March concluded with 25,000 people listening to Martin Luther King in his “Not Long, How Long?” speech at the Alabama state Capitol.

Selma, Alabama's historic Jackson home, where the 1965 Selma voting rights march was planned, has been moved to The Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. The house was cut in half and moved ...

The grounds of the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation are now home to one of the country’s most pivotal residences in civil rights history. The historic Selma to Montgomery, Alabama ...

SELMA, Ala. — Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville's Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were assaulted by Alabama state troopers and police as they ...

Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a crowd of 25,000 on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery.

This Library of Congress photograph shows participants of the 1965 civil rights march following the Selma attacks: "We accept contributions for Selma victims, ” the sign reads. Peter Pettus ...

Montgomery will host "This Side of the Bridge" celebrations from March 21-23 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery March. A free "Stars for Freedom Rally" concert will ...

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 ...

Hundreds gathered on Sunday in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when a group of peaceful demonstrators marched for African Americans' voting rights and were ...