bloody sunday

Kamala Harris Commemorates ‘Bloody Sunday’ Anniversary In Selma With Renewed Call To Pass Voting Rights Bills

‘We will not let setbacks stop us,’ the vice president says.
03/06/2022
on BET's Boiling Point 2021.
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Boiling Point
Extended Story - Bloody Sunday

Lynda Blackmon-Lowery, who was the youngest person to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL, in 1965, reflects on her experience fighting for civil rights at the age of 14.
04/29/2021
State troopers watch as marchers cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama as part of a civil rights march on March 9. Two days before troopers used excessive force driving marchers back across the bridge, killing one protester.

OPINION: The Current GOP Agenda To Suppress Votes Is Intended To Erase The Legacy Of Blood Sunday

There’s still so much at stake for Black voters.
03/07/2021
SELMA, ALABAMA MARCH 5, 2015: People gather on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after President Obama's speech on March 7, 2015. (Photo: Ty Wright for BET)
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Remembering Selma 50 Years Later

Selma symbolizes struggles past and future.
03/07/2015

Poll: 4 out of 10 People Believe Race Relations Worsened Under Obama

Findings address voting rights, criminal justice and more.
03/06/2015
Sheyann Webb

Sheyann Webb Christburg: The Smallest Marcher in Selma

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Sheyann Webb and Martin Luther King

The Smallest Freedom Fighter Recalls Bloody Sunday

Sheyann Webb shares memories of Dr. Martin Luther King.
03/06/2015

Rep. John Lewis: Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Could Ignite Nationwide Protests

Congressman says people react to miscarriages of justice.
11/18/2014

Activists Honor the Anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday'

Thousands march on the 49th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
03/10/2014
Movin' On Up

Why I Serve: HUD Assistant Secretary Melanie Roussell

Roussell on what drives her to help the nation's neediest.
02/18/2014

Living the Dream: Rep. Terri Sewell

Sewell on growing up in the shadow of civil rights movement.
08/20/2013