Hundreds of peaceful protestors were crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama 60 years ago today when they were met by a wall of police. Protesters were tear gassed and beaten. A young man ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 7, 1965 8-year old Sheyann Webb-Christburg and 11-year old Joanne Bland joined hundreds of others in a civil rights march ...

And for close to 40 years, the pews were packed most Sundays, but it wasn’t just church members. Instead, thousands of people would come from all over, including Tallahassee, to hear a former U.S.

Correspondent photos / Sean Barron Those who attended a program Sunday at the Tyler History Center in Youngstown to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” on March 7, 1965, in Selma, ...