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Bloody Sunday

State

Biden visits Selma on 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”

Biden's speech at the Edmund Pettus Bridge served as the culminating event for the annual commemoration.

March 6, 2023

SPLC, congresswoman honor John Lewis and the 40 Martyrs in wreath-laying ceremony

The wreath-laying ceremony was the first held since the passing of Congressman John Lewis.

March 6, 2023

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke speaks in Selma

Clarke spoke at the Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast at Wallace Community College Selma reflecting on the painful history of Bloody Sunday.

March 6, 2023

Black Southern Women’s Collaborative members: “We too must resist”

The BSWC was formed to support the organizing, ingenuity and prowess of Black women executive directors.

March 2, 2023

Biden to visit Selma, speak at Bloody Sunday event

The Bloody Sunday event will mark the president's third visit to the city.

February 28, 2023

Report notes strengths, challenges in Alabama’s Black Belt

The University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center report, the last in the series, focuses on local leaders in the Black Belt.

April 26, 2022

Kamala Harris urges continued fight for voting rights at Bloody Sunday commemoration

"If we all continue to work together, to march together, to fight together, we will secure the freedom to vote,” Harris said.

March 7, 2022

Kamala Harris to speak Sunday in Selma on Bloody Sunday anniversary

Harris is to be joined in Selma by several officials from President Joe Biden's administration.

March 2, 2022

Sharpton to deliver keynote sermon honoring “Bloody Sunday” march

The Selma to Montgomery marches helped lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

March 1, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris remarks on 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”

"Friends, there is no cause more righteous than the right to vote," the vice president said.

March 8, 2021