Selma 50th anniversary
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About 100 Set Out to Retrace Selma-to-Montgomery March
KIM CHANDLER, Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Dozens of marchers set out across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge Monday with…
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In Selma, Ala., Obama Proved That He is ‘Black Enough’
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NEW ANALYSIS SELMA, Ala. (NNPA) – Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama…
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50 Years Later African-Americans See New Voting Rights Battles Ahead
SELMA, ALABAMA (VOA News) – Thousands of people will gather to mark the 50th anniversary of a historic civil rights…
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5 Things About the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a civil rights…
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Obama to Join ‘Bloody Sunday’ Anniversary in Selma
JAY REEVES, Associated Press SELMA, Alabama (AP) — President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and about 100 members of…
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GOP Leaders to Skip Selma Event
(Politico) – Scores of U.S. lawmakers are converging on tiny Selma, Alabama, for a large commemoration of a civil…
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Anniversary of Selma March Rekindles Ferguson Comparisons
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil…
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Plans for 2 Separate Selma Marches Cancelled as Groups Unify
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A very public conflict between the Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Inc., the…
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