The new name would be the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers Bridge,” but the lettering on the bridge would remain unaltered. According to a report by the Associated Press, Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday ...

Pastor reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy after crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge, questioning what civil rights leader ...

TULSA, Okla. — A group of local activists just returned from Selma, Alabama. They were chosen to participate in a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where 60 years ago, people ...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dozens of people gathered in Selma to honor Dr. King’s legacy while calling for an end to gun ...

House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) joined the call to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in honor of civil rights champion John Lewis. In a Meet The Press interview with ...

SELMA, Ala. (WATE) – This weekend, the nation paid tribute to ‘Bloody Sunday,’ a day that marked a turning point in African-American voting rights 50 years ago. Previous story: Demonstrators in Selma ...

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A processional with Lewis’ casket ...

SELMA, Ala. -- The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon. A crowd began gathering ...

Crowds watched solemnly Sunday as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in ...

The Photography of Spider Martin - a powerful exhibition featuring newly restored photographs documenting the 1965 Selma ...