US EditionThousands Mark Selma March Anniversary Amid Voting Rights Act Case
Thousands honor the 61st Bloody Sunday anniversary as the Supreme Court considers a case that could limit protections of the Voting Rights Act, risking minority representation.
- On Sunday, thousands of marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the 1965 Bloody Sunday attack on civil rights demonstrators.
- The 1965 violence, where Alabama State Troopers attacked civil rights marchers, shocked the nation and helped spur passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act, which dismantled barriers for Black Americans.
- Current commemorations coincide with the U.S. Supreme Court considering a Louisiana case that could limit the role of race in redistricting, potentially narrowing a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warned that a ruling against race-based redistricting could allow states to dismantle majority Black and Latino districts, threatening minority representation.
- Organizers urged renewed action, noting that the struggle for voting access remains an ongoing battle to preserve democratic gains achieved over six decades.
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Bloody Sunday remembered in Selma march
SELMA, Ala.—On Sunday, thousands from all over the country made their way here to participate in the commemoration of the 1965 Bloody Sunday attack. They assembled around the historic Brown Chapel AME Church within Selma’s George Washington Carver housing projects. Marchers said the event, which was both a remembrance and a launching of renewed struggle, is necessary to preserve the voting rights and economic gains that have been won since the 1…
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Voting rights, Supreme Court lead concerns amid Bloody Sunday commemoration
Marchers walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during commemorations of the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama on March 8, 2026. (Estela Munoz for Alabama Reflector)SELMA — Brown Chapel A.M.E Church reopened Sunday after a five-year closure due to renovations. But for many speakers commemorating the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, many of the issues of civil rights and voting access remained as timely — and dire — as they wer…
On 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, worries about the future of voting rights
SELMA, Ala. — 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.
'Bloody Sunday' anniversary brings fresh worries about Voting Rights Act
SELMA, Ala. — 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.
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