There is a movement underway, backed by a Change.org petition, to change the name of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama because it is named after a despicable racist traitor. It is also the place where, 50 years ago this week, future Congressman John Lewis and many ...read more

On Saturday, after an unexpected delay in Washington, DC, President Obama delivered a speech at the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama, which was marked by police violence against peaceful civil rights ...read more