Selma

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Religious faith was a lifelong constant for Rep. John Lewis. He spent his boyhood in Alabama preaching to a make-believe…

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — On the day that became known as Bloody Sunday, John Lewis and a line of nonviolent marchers were beaten and tear-gassed by Alabama…

Lewis began his nearly 60-year career in public service leading sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in the Jim Crow-era South. He went on to serve in Congress for more than three decades.

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama lumber and flooring company has been fined $218,000 in the death of a worker hit by wood while trying to clear a jammed…

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Residents in the landmark civil rights city of Selma, Alabama, are among the critics of a bid to rename the historic bridge where…

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after a single-engine airplane crashed in rural western Alabama. News outlets report a Piper PA-32…

An APR News FeatureThis is perhaps Selma at its busiest. This is the 55th Selma Jubilee, a citywide observance of Bloody Sunday. That’s when voting rights…

MARION, Ala. (AP) — As the 55th anniversary of the civil rights clash known as Bloody Sunday approaches, townspeople in Alabama want to remind the world…

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopefuls are coming to Selma on Sunday as part of their final push before Super Tuesday. Former Vice President…

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Another small, historically black college is in financial trouble in west Alabama. The Selma Times-Journal reports that Selma…