Selma

Demonstrators in Tuscaloosa carried signs reading “War is not a game,” “No Kings—No Immunity from Accountability,” and “Justice for All.”These marchers joined protesters in twenty other Alabama cities during what’s called the largest “No Kings” march event, which went international with protests in France and Italy.

Mobile, Birmingham, Huntsville, and Tuscaloosa are among the Alabama communities where demonstrators will carry signs against the Trump administration. Millions of Americans are expected to protest in cities across the U.S. on Saturday in the latest round of "No Kings" rallies.According to the event website, protests are planned in more than three-thousand locations, including in Minneapolis, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands gathered in the Alabama city this weekend amid new concerns about the future of the Voting Rights Act. The March 7, 1965, violence that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and helped spur passage of the landmark legislation that dismantled barriers to voting for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South.

Thousands of marchers from around the nation are gathered in Selma, Alabama for this weekend's 61st annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. This year's celebration will pay special tribute to the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who passed away last month at the age of 84.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. Jackson talked with Alabama Public Radio back in 2018 for the newsroom’s international award-winning documentary “The King of Alabama.” He recalled MLK’s impact.

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International Paper Company said that it would close two Georgia paper mills, including one that has been a cornerstone of Savannah's economy for 90 years. The news is different in Selma.

Alabama is known as football country. Statues Nick Saban and all of the Crimson Tide’s championship winning coaches greet visitors to Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. However, sports fans appear to be spending more time watching athletes with drivers, putters, and caddies. Five professional golfers with ties to Alabama teed up for the Masters tournament this year. And, when competitors look to buy their next set of clubs, they often turn to a spot with connections to the state’s civil rights history.

Protests and events against President Donald Trump's controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people have started Thursday at more than 1,600 locations around the country. The “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action honors the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. The late activist and Congressman was among the voting rights marchers beaten and tear gassed in 1965 as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma

First , there was “bloody Sunday” and “turnaround Tuesday,” then there was a rally in Boston in 1965 over housing discrimination and school segregation. Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior led the protest in Boston as well as Selma. The sixtieth anniversary of this demonstration in the city known as the “cradle of liberty” is expected to draw thousands of people at the same site to honor and reflect on the historic event.