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Selma, 50 years ago and today: ‘Not much has changed’

SELMA, Ala. — This is a city seemingly frozen in time. From a symbolic and surface standpoint, Selma is the feel-good story of the year.…

Atlanta Icon John Lewis honored by President Obama at Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge

SELMA, Ala. — Atlanta’s legendary Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) shows unequivocally that, even 50 years later, the events of “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus…

Text of Obama's remarks at Selma anniversary commemoration

SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Text of President Barack Obama's remarks at the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march, as provided by the White House: ___ It...

Selma civil rights milestone marked by first Black president

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," President Barack Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity...

Selma's 50th anniversary brings comparisons to Ferguson

WASHINGTON (AP) — They only lasted minutes, but the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, permanently seared the inhumanity of Southern segregation...

Ire over Netanyahu's speech, but Dems hopes to limit fallout

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Israeli prime minister's upcoming speech to Congress without President Barack Obama's blessing has angered Democratic lawmakers, but they see little...

'March: Book Two' shows all sides of civil rights movement

WASHINGTON (AP) - A comic book about Martin Luther King Jr. helped bring a young John Lewis into the civil rights movement. Fifty-years later, the...

Atlanta’s Political, Civic Leaders Respond To Ferguson Grand Jury Decision

Five hundred miles from the epicenter of the Ferguson, Mo. protests and violent demonstrations, metropolitan Atlanta’s political, religious and civic leaders have voiced their disappointment…

Rep. John Lewis Remarks on Ferguson

MARTIN:  I just talked to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on the show, and we were talking economic development, and we were also speaking about...

Blackonomics…Power Broke Black Leaders

Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand, it never did and never will.” I often wonder what Black people do not understand...

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