Recent documentary on Selma march ignites debate on President Johnson’s Voting Rights Act advocacy
African-American Voting Rights articles on Democracy Chronicles
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Harlem Rally for Jailed Eric Garner Cameraman
A small crowd of around 15 people were at 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell in Harlem at 1pm today for a last minute rally and press conference for Ramsey Orta, 22, the man who filmed NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo placing an illegal, fatal chokehold on unarmed Eric Garner
Selma Organizer Refuses to March With George Bush
Diane Nash, civil rights activist and Selma organizer who led the original march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scheduled to march on Saturday, March 7th but refused at the last minute when she saw George W. Bush was to help lead the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
VIDEO: Fox News on Selma Voter Suppression
Fox News commentator wonders if Selma voter suppression is distraction from larger issues at play
GALLERY: From Selma 1965 to Brooklyn Bridge 2015
“Selma is everywhere,” Attorney Norman Siegel told me prior to the march. “The racial injustice that occurred in Selma in 1965, unfortunately, is still present in various forms all across America including in New York City”.
Photos: Texas March Remembering #Selma Bloody Sunday
More black & brown together: March Remembering #Selma Bloody Sunday. #Ferguson & #Ayotzinapa: #BesosNotBorders — Dallas For Ayotzinapa Coalition joins both!
Obama Remarks at Selma 50th Anniversary March
President Obama spoke at the Selma 50th Anniversary commemorations marking historic Bloody Sunday
Woodcliff Lake NJ Civil Rights Icon Recalls Selma March
The 3rd voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 is remembered by Seton Hall University law professor and NJ civil rights icon Mark Denbeaux
Selma Voting Rights March in Congressional Recognition
National conversation again refocuses on Civil Rights Era’s historic Selma voting rights march
Black University Students on Quest For Ferguson Voters
Movement started at Historically Black Colleges travelling to Missouri to register Ferguson voters