Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March 21 marks the 61st anniversary of the historic march that Martin Luther King Jr led in Alabama in support of civil rights.

A single event didn’t define the American civil rights movement; it was a sustained, courageous fight for equality that spanned decades. At the heart of this movement were peaceful demonstrations, ...

Civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. began their third attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. President Lyndon B. Johnson assigned U.S. Army and National ...

This weekend marks the 61st anniversary of the march on Selma, otherwise known as “Bloody Sunday.” One of the most violent marches of the Civil Rights Movement, the protest took place on March 7, 1965 ...