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How this year's Selma Bridge Crossing could mark a community renaissance

3:14pm March 04, 2023

President Biden visits Selma for the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." Residents there are still recovering from tornadoes that ripped through the city in January.

A damaged structure and debris are seen in the aftermath of Thursday's severe weather in Selma, Ala.

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At least 7 people were killed as a giant storm system hits the Southern U.S.

10:09pm January 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

The system spawned a tornado that shredded homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, Ala.

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala., on March 4, 2007. The church tops the 2022 list of the nation's most endangered historic places, according to the National Trust for Histor

A church at the heart of Selma's 1965 voting rights march is an endangered place

11:24am May 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Brown Chapel AME Church, the landmark church that launched a national voting rights movement in Selma, Ala., tops this year's list of the nation's most endangered historic places.

The casket of Rep. John Lewis crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse-drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis on July 26 in Selma, Ala.

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In Selma, A 'Final Crossing' For John Lewis Across The Edmund Pettus Bridge

7:14pm July 26, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

In 1965, John Lewis was nearly killed as he led a group of protesters across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest racial discrimination in voting. On Sunday, his body crossed that bridge one last time.

Mourners pay their respects at a mural of Rep. John Lewis painted on a building in Atlanta. The civil rights icon and congressman died on Friday.

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Calls Grow To Honor John Lewis In Ways Both Symbolic And Concrete

8:26pm July 19, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Proposed ideas include renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of the late congressman and passing expanded voting rights legislation in his name.

Civil rights leader and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., delivers remarks in front of a freedom bell during the "Let Freedom Ring" commemoration event in 2013.

Trump Attacks Civil Rights Hero Lewis As 'All Talk' After He Questions His Legitimacy

8:07pm January 14, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

The Georgia Democratic congressman said in an interview Friday he didn't view Trump as a "legitimate president" amid reports that Russian cyberattacks had intended to influence the elections.

Tuskegee Airman, Martin Luther King Jr. Bodyguard Dies at 93

6:05pm September 05, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Dabney Montgomery served as a ground crewman with the Tuskegee Airman in Italy in World War II. He joined the civil rights movement when he came home, and protected King during the march from Selma.

Amelia Boynton Robinson, a voting rights activist, has died at age 104. She's seen here on Election Night in 2008.

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Amelia Boynton Robinson, Survivor Of 'Bloody Sunday,' Dies At 104

1:47pm August 26, 2015

by Bill Chappell

In 50 years, Amelia Boynton Robinson went from being beaten on a bridge in Selma, Ala., to being pushed across the bridge in a wheelchair alongside the president of the United States.

Demonstrators of different races and religions from across the country united to take part in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., 50 years ago.

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'A Proud Walk': 3 Voices On The March From Selma To Montgomery

4:39pm March 20, 2015

by NPR Staff

Following the Bloody Sunday crackdown in Selma, Ala., Martin Luther King Jr. called for support across the U.S. People of different races and religions flocked to the state. Three of them look back.

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Mercedes Binns, who has been to Selma 17 times because of its civil rights history, walks on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, on Sunday in Selma, Ala.

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Selma Gathering Re-Enacts March Across 'Bloody Sunday' Bridge

6:35pm March 08, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Tens of thousands marched across the Edmund Pettus bridge in the Alabama town, where 50 years ago state troopers attacked peaceful demonstrators calling for voting equality.