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Vice President Kamala Harris marches on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after speaking in Selma, Ala., on the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," on March 6, 2022.

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How this year's Selma Bridge Crossing could mark a community renaissance

President Biden visits Selma for the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." Residents there are still recovering from tornadoes that ripped through the city in January.

March 05, 2023
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  • Juma Sei,
  • Cody Short,
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Pettus Bridge Photo

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Georgians set to remember Bloody Sunday at annual march in Selma, Ala.

On March 5, several notable Georgians will be in Selma, Ala., for the 58th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

March 01, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
A damaged structure and debris are seen in the aftermath of Thursday's severe weather in Selma, Ala.

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At least 7 people were killed as a giant storm system hits the Southern U.S.

The system spawned a tornado that shredded homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, Ala.

January 13, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala., on March 4, 2007. The church tops the 2022 list of the nation's most endangered historic places, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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A church at the heart of Selma's 1965 voting rights march is an endangered place

The Brown Chapel AME Church, the landmark church that launched a national voting rights movement in Selma, Ala., tops this year's list of the nation's most endangered historic places.

May 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Elliott Smith stands near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement, Sunday, March 6, 2022.

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In Selma, foot soldier's kin boosts youth voting rights role

During a commemoration of the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Elliott Smith's great-aunt pushed him across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in a stroller. Decades later, just before her passing, Smith switched roles and guided her wheelchair across the same bridge in 2015. She was Amelia Boynton Robinson, who helped lead the 1965 march.

March 07, 2022
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  • Associated Press
The casket of Rep. John Lewis crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge by horse-drawn carriage during a memorial service for Lewis on July 26 in Selma, Ala.

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In Selma, A 'Final Crossing' For John Lewis Across The Edmund Pettus Bridge

In 1965, John Lewis was nearly killed as he led a group of protesters across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest racial discrimination in voting. On Sunday, his body crossed that bridge one last time.

July 26, 2020
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
John Lewis during an interview for The Bitter Southerner Podcast in late 2019.

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John Lewis On The Redemption Of The South

Since the death of John Lewis on July 17, tributes, photographs and stories of the beloved civil rights leader — who became known as the “Conscience of the Congress” — have proliferated across media. On Second Thought takes a moment to remember John Lewis, and airs a clip from the congressman’s interview with Chuck Reece of The Bitter Southerner podcast.

July 24, 2020
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  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
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Mourners pay their respects at a mural of Rep. John Lewis painted on a building in Atlanta. The civil rights icon and congressman died on Friday.

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Calls Grow To Honor John Lewis In Ways Both Symbolic And Concrete

Proposed ideas include renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of the late congressman and passing expanded voting rights legislation in his name.

July 19, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center in red, addresses a crowd on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 1, 2020, during a commemoration of the 55th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when white police attacked black marchers in Selma.

John Lewis Makes Surprise Appearance During 55th Anniversary Of 'Bloody Sunday' In Selma

Atlanta Congressman John Lewis made a surprise appearance Sunday in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the march across the Edmund...

March 02, 2020
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  • Taylor Gantt and
  • Associated Press
Chip Brantley and Andrew Beck Grace are co-hosts of NPR's "White Lies" podcast.

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NPR's 'White Lies' Investigates Civil Rights Cold Case – And Why It Was Never Solved

In 1965 the Rev. James Reeb was attacked and savagely beaten on the streets of Selma, Alabama. Days later, Reeb died of head injuries in a Birmingham...

June 10, 2019
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  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Host Tony Harris, left, with actor Clifton Powell, who portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma, Lord, Selma."

Actor Clifton Powell On Portraying King In 'Selma, Lord, Selma'

The 1999 Disney made-for-television movie, “Selma, Lord, Selma,” explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s later years in Selma, Alabama. The movie is told...

April 04, 2018
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  • Tony Harris and
  • La'Raven Taylor
Some of Kathryn Mayo's Selma Portraits on display at Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga.

Antebellum Photos For Modern Southern Portraits

When Kathryn Mayo decided to pursue an art project in her hometown of Selma Alabama, she was afraid she might not speak the language anymore. “One of...

April 20, 2017
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  • Grant Blankenship

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