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Today in History: March 25, ‘Scottsboro Boys’ are taken off train and wrongly accused

Mar. 25, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Monday, March 25, the 85th day of 2024. There are 281 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 25, 1931, in the so-called “Scottsboro Boys” case, nine young Black men were taken off a train in...

Today in History: March 7, ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma for civil rights movement

Mar. 08, 2024 04:58 AM EST

Today in History Today is Thursday, March 7, the 67th day of 2024. There are 299 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 7, 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in...

Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers' voices ring out for voting rights

Mar. 03, 2024 19:30 PM EST

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris told thousands gathered for the 59th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday attacks on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, that fundamental freedoms, including the right to vote, are under attack in America even today. Harris joined...

Today in History: March 3, Rodney King beaten by Los Angeles police

Mar. 03, 2024 00:08 AM EST

Today in History Today is Sunday, March 3, the 63rd day of 2024. There are 303 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 3, 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on...

Black Americans' significant economic and civil rights progress threatened, report says

Mar. 01, 2024 12:10 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Americans have endured considerable injustices and barriers to prosperity and equality throughout U.S. history. But their social, economic and political advances in the 60 years since the enactment of major civil rights legislation have been unsatisfactory, according to a...

Vice President Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in Selma

Feb. 27, 2024 15:14 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of a landmark civil rights moment. Harris will speak as part of the annual remembrance of “Bloody Sunday,” on the bridge where, on March 7, 1965, white...