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Tennesseans trek to Selma for 60th anniversary of voting rights march • Tennessee Lookout

SELMA, Ala. – Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville’s Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were attacked by Alabama police officers and police, attempting to make an effort to invoke voting rights from Selma to the Montgomery state capital. “I actually saw March and wanted to come. At […]

Tens of thousands commemorate 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma • Tennessee Lookout

SELMA, Alabama – Shayan Webb Christburg, age 8, was sought to lead hundreds of people in March 1965 in a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama for Black American voting rights. On Sunday, the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and Selma-to-Montgomery March, Webb-Christburg said they believe their voting rights are at risk. “Back in the […]

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