Selma

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/6/2021
  

  Stolen Confederate Monument will Become a 'Toilet' Unless ‘White Lies Matter’ Demands are Met, Group Vows

  The group claiming responsibility has issued a ransom demand: the United Daughters of the Confederacy can secure the return of the chair by flying a banner quoting Black radical Assata Shakur over its Richmond, Virginia headquarters. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  3/7/2021
  

  On the Anniversary of Selma We are Sadly Reminded: Voting Rights are Still Imperiled

  by Elliott Smith

  The legacy of sacrifice by voting rights activists like Amelia Boynton is being imperiled by a wave of state voter suppression laws. 

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• SOURCE: WTVY
  2/24/2021
  

  Auburn Professors Working to Preserve History of Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’

  Richard Burt and Keith Hébert are leading a team of researchers to preserve the site of the historic attack on voting rights marchers by Alabama State Troopers on March 7, 1965, hoping that a better-preserved public monument will clear up misperceptions of the day's events. 

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  7/29/2020
  

  Dropping ‘Pettus’ Is a Bridge Too Far

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Advocates of renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma for John Lewis are disregarding Lewis's published thoughts on the subject. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/26/2020
  

  John Lewis Makes Final Journey Across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma (Video)

  Hundreds had gathered along the route from the church to the bridge, some traveling hours to see Lewis’s final journey, others lining up in the early morning.

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• SOURCE: New York Daily News
  7/19/2020
  

  Petition Calls for Selma Bridge To Be Named After John Lewis

  Advocates for the name change include filmmaker Ava DuVernay and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn.

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• SOURCE: Buzzfeed
  3/7/2020
  

  Inside The Museum Preserving Selma, Alabama's Complicated History

  "The history here is so deep and I’ve got a little bit of everything here to tell its story. "

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  3/4/19
  

  After 54 years, the fight for voting rights in Selma is ongoing, organizers say

  A Supreme Court decision in 2013, Shelby County v. Holder, rendered much of the Voting Rights Act ineffective. 

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• SOURCE: Southern Methodist University
  3-23-15
  

  SMU Graduate Shares Never Published Photos of March 25, 1965 Selma-To-Montgomery March

  When Southern Methodist University student Loy Williams hurriedly packed his bag before climbing aboard a bus bound to join civil rights protesters in Montgomery, Ala., he grabbed his Argus C3 camera.

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• SOURCE: AHA Today
  3-11-15
  

  I liked the movie, but “Selma” missed a few teaching moments

  by Julian E. Zelizer

  There has been a lot written about what is wrong or right with the film Selma. Here are a few unexplored points.

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• SOURCE: Harvard Gazette
  3-6-15
  

  Harvard’s Drew Faust remembers when she decided to march in Selma

  She skipped her exams to participate.

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• SOURCE: AlterNet
  3-7-15
  

  Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

  by Ari Berman

  The laws are different, but racism persists.

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• SOURCE: Life Magazine
  March 1965
  

  Life Magazine's Coverage of Selma

  See how Selma was reported by Life.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3-6-15
  

  From Selma to Black Power

  by Benjamin Hedin

  Only a few miles away from where the legendary march began, a new phase of civil-rights activism gathered momentum.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  3-5-15
  

  GOP leaders to skip Selma event

  ‘They’ve lost an opportunity to show the American people that they care,’ one black lawmaker says.

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• SOURCE: Bill Moyers & Company
  3-6-15
  

  “The American Promise” — LBJ’s Finest Hour

  by Gary May

  It is unusual when a presidential address stands the test of time. Lyndon Johnson’s “The American Promise” belongs in that special group of historic speeches. It still speaks to an America torn by racial discord and a challenge to the right to vote for all.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  2-18-15
  

  The Riot That Sparked the Selma March

  by Gary May

  The racist violence in Selma, Alabama, 50 years ago lives in history as ‘‘Bloody Sunday,’’ but do not forget the February night of vigilantism in Marion that inspired the Selma March.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  3-3-15
  

  'Bloody Sunday' altered history of a horrified nation

  Photos of that terrible day were seen around the world. Historians credit the beatings, and the public outrage that followed, as a catalyst for the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

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• SOURCE: AP
  3-3-15
  

  Civil Rights Landmark Bridge is Named for Reputed KKK Leader

  The fact had all but faded from local memory until recently, when a Selma student group launched an online petition to rename the landmark bridge.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  3-2-15 (accessed)
  

  Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

  by Ari Berman

  Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.