Police credit ‘divine’ intervention for finding body of missing Jolissa Fuentes amid criticism of probe Search teams rappel down 250ft cliff to recover Jolissa Fuentes’s body The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022
‘It’s good to think strategically’: Thomas E Ricks on civil rights and January 6 In his new book, the historian considers the work of Martin Luther King and others through the lens of military thought The Guardian - US · Oct 8, 2022
Jolissa Fuentes’ family say authorities didn’t take her disappearance seriously. The local police chief replies: ‘This isn’t CSI’ Jolissa Fuentes’ mother tells Andrea Blanco of her frustration with police who she says left the family alone in their search for the missing 22-year-old for days after she vanished. Asked for a response to the criticism, the local police chief asserted: ‘It takes time’ The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022
Jolissa Fuentes: Police say 22-year-old’s disappearance is now considered ‘criminal’ weeks after she vanished ‘This is not normal behaviour for Ms Fuentes. So we are treating this as a criminal matter,’ says Selma police chief The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022
Jolissa Fuentes: Everything we know about 22-year-old missing in California Fuentes was last seen at about 4am on 7 August in Selma, California The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022
A church at the heart of Selma's 1965 voting rights march is an endangered place The Brown Chapel AME Church, the landmark church that launched a national voting rights movement in Selma, Ala., tops this year's list of the nation's most endangered historic places. WEKU · May 4, 2022
Fear and loathing: Another Trump rally Trump spreads the poisonous gospel of white supremacy week after week — and we keep pretending it's not happening Salon · Apr 13, 2022
Madison Cawthorn says Trump backers would send Anthony Fauci to jail and impeach Biden SELMA, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn called for sending Dr. Anthony Fauci to jail and impeaching President Joe Biden during a rally Saturday with former President Donald Trump. Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2022
Will Donald Trump run for president in 2024? He teases NC crowd during rally SELMA, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump teased a crowd in North Carolina on Saturday about running for a second term in 2024 as he urged voters to elect “America First Republicans” this year. Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2022
Alabama plan advances to alter name of Edmund Pettus Bridge Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those beaten as they marched for civil rights in 1965 The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022
On this civil rights anniversary, I’m feeling drained but determined I’m battling cancer as well as voting restrictions, but I have many more bridges to cross. This is my diary of the Selma to Montgomery march The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2022
Anniversary of Selma march reminds us how democracy is defended African Americans won the right to vote because we and our allies marched for it, demonstrated for it, were beaten and died to gain it. After Selma, people of conscience demanded that the country live up to its Constitution and its democratic ideals. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 8, 2022
In Selma, foot soldier’s kin boosts youth voting rights role During a commemoration of the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Elliott Smith's great-aunt pushed him across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in a stroller The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022
Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in Selma Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama as the nations marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2022
The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022 Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma The world knows the city of Selma, Alabama, as a historic beacon in the struggle for voting rights
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022 Kamala Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in Selma Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Alabama this weekend to commemorate a key moment of the civil rights movement
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 18, 2022 The work of Dr. King is still not done Dr. King would urge President Biden to push hard to overcome those who stand in the way of democracy reform and of economic decency. Yet he also understood that citizen movements are essential. It was Selma that moved the Voting Rights Act in Washington.