Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Bernard LaFayette (center, in wheelchair and cloth cap) holds his wife Kate’s hand as they are wheeled over the Edmund Pettus ...

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, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The marchers were protesting ...

On MLK Day, whispers of memories of my time in Selma, Alabama, return. They’re dream-like recollections, faint but never forgotten, blurry with sharp edges. At dawn six years ago, I walked across the ...

Muralist Trés Taylor shares recommendations for experiencing the city's art scene, civil rights history, and favorite ...

More than 60 years after Bloody Sunday, hundreds gathered Saturday morning in Selma for a day of prayer, speeches and demonstrations focused on voting rights and political representation.

SELMA, Ala. -- Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands are gathering in the Alabama city this weekend, amid new concerns ...

Alabama's legislature meets today in a special session to redraw its congressional maps. This is in response to last week's Supreme Court decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act. Troy Public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act becoming law. But before that was Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

Alabama was in the spotlight this week on “The Voice,” as soul singer Asher HaVon paid tribute to his hometown in Selma. The powerhouse vocalist, who’s competing on Reba McEntire’s team, was featured ...

Throughout the year, the town of Bayeux, France, is filled with tourists eager to learn about the area’s notable role in the monumental events of D-Day in 1944. What they aren’t expecting, however, is ...

Selma leaders are hoping a statewide designation could help breathe new life into the city’s historic downtown.