At 11, she was one of the youngest at the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march in Selma, Ala., and was injured while ...

The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP released its schedule for the 2026 NAACP sponsored Selma Jubilee Bridge Crossing Weekend, set for March 6 through March 8 in Montgomery and ...

As thousands prepare to gather in Selma for Jubilee weekend, city leaders say the impact goes beyond honoring history; it ...

Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people. One of the ...

Joanne Bland, lifelong Civil Rights activist and founder of Selma's Foot Soldiers Park, dies ...

The Roanoke Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is set to honor the March 7, 1965 march for voting rights with a service on Sat., March 7 at 1 p.m.

Hundreds of Rainbow Coalition members from across the country will gather in Selma this week to honor the life, legacy and work of the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the 61st Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee ...

The exhibit highlights a key moment in the civil rights movement where heavily armed police cracked down on peaceful protestors. Its organizers say it bears a striking similarity to the present.

This year's Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma will honor the late Rev. Jesse Jackson. Jackson, who died at 84, was a frequent attendee of the annual event commemorating "Bloody Sunday." Former Alabama ...

Joanne Bland established Foot Soldiers Park to preserve the history of civil rights and promote civic engagement. Civil rights activist Joanne Bland, one of the Civil Rights Movement’s youngest ...

By the time Joanne Bland was 11 years old, she had been arrested “at least 13 documented times,” she once wrote. In Selma, ...