The new name would be the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers Bridge,” but the lettering on the bridge would remain unaltered. According to a report by the Associated Press, Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday ...

On March 7, 1965, young civil rights leader John Lewis led hundreds of peaceful marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ...

House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) joined the call to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in honor of civil rights champion John Lewis. In a Meet The Press interview with ...

Organizers for the Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee and the Selma to Montgomery Foundation gathered at the foot of the Edmund ...

Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans. Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, ...

In March, the country commemorated the 60th anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama. A few weeks later, I had the moving experience of walking across the ...

In 1965, Selma, AL, pierced the consciousness of the nation when civil rights marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They helped us see and propel the work we needed to do in this country to move ...

TULSA, Okla. — A group of local activists just returned from Selma, Alabama. They were chosen to participate in a re-enactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge where 60 years ago, people ...

In this episode of Our Journey Forward, we focus on "The Bridge," one of the most powerful and emotional moments of our journey. The episode centers on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, ...