US Edition‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
- The 60th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March will be commemorated with events focused on education equity and Black women judges.
- The march on Bloody Sunday occurred on March 7, 1965, when demonstrators were beaten by officers while marching for voting rights.
- Abina Billups, co-founder of Salute Selma, Inc., stated, 'All of the rights we enjoy today came at a cost, and Selma was at the epicenter of that sacrifice.'
- The anniversary will include educational events highlighting Black women and HBCUs, along with a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun
The foot soldiers are helped across the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) By Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle ASSOCIATED PRESS SELMA, Ala. — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alaba…
How Jesse Jackson Changed American Elections
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965, when police brutally attacked civil rights protesters, Jackson cr…
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AllPoliticsNowHow Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965, when police brutally attacked civil rights protesters, Jackson crossed the bridge in a wheelchair. Jesse Louis Jackson was born Oct. 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina, a town firmly entrenched …
60 Years Since Selma: Religious, Political Leaders Talk Next Steps Ahead
The 2025 March on Selma anniversary commemorated the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, highlighting the continued need for civil rights, racial equity and justice in the face of voter suppression and discrimination. The post 60 Years Since Selma: Religious, Political Leaders Talk Next Steps Ahead appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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