Obama on the legacy of Selma
50 years after activists in Alabama marched for the right to vote, the president talks about progress, the Voting Rights Act, and race relations today
The Long March For Civil Rights
CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante sat down with President Barack Obama, who said the civil rights marches at Selma was his source of inspiration to get involved in public service in the first place
CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante sat down with President Barack Obama, who said the civil rights marches at Selma was his source of inspiration to get involved in public service in the first place.
On March 7, 1965, hundreds of voting rights activists marched out of Selma, Ala., for the State Capitol in Montgomery
On March 7, 1965, hundreds of voting rights activists marched out of Selma, Ala., for the State Capitol in Montgomery. They only made it to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where authorities set upon them. The violence of that “Bloody Sunday,” broadcast across the nation, was remembered by activists who returned to Selma 50 years later. Charles Osgood reports.
Remembering the battle at Selma
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CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante looks back on what happened 50 years ago on "Bloody Sunday," and how things have changed
CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante looks back on what happened 50 years ago on "Bloody Sunday," and how things have changed.
Fifty years ago, CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante was in Selma when the division between blacks and whites was deeply woven into everyday life
Fifty years ago, CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante was in Selma when the division between blacks and whites was deeply woven into everyday life. On the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday," he shares some of his thoughts.
Fifty years ago, African-American protesters were beaten as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge fighting for their civil rights
Fifty years ago, African-American protesters were beaten as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge fighting for their civil rights. In his speech at the bridge, President Obama challenged Congress to restore the protections of the Voting Rights Bill, some of which were struck down by the Supreme Court. Bill Plante reports.
Obama in Selma: "Our march is not yet finished"
Nation's first black president leads remembrance of "Bloody Sunday" on its 50th anniversary
A half a century ago, African Americans demanding the right to vote began a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery
A half a century ago, African Americans demanding the right to vote began a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery. But, they didn't get far before being met by violence. Bill Plante reports from Selma to tell us more about the anniversary and his upcoming sit down with the President.
This weekend will mark 50 years since marchers in Selma, Alabama called for African-Americans to have the right to vote
This weekend will mark 50 years since marchers in Selma, Alabama called for African-Americans to have the right to vote. CBS News correspondent Bill Plante -- who was in Selma in 1965 -- looks at how that day changed voting rights in America and what the current landscape looks like today.
Selma's "Bloody Sunday": A look back
Powerful, iconic images chronicling the historic 1965 civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama by Spider Martin, James Baker and Charles Moore on the 50th anniversary
CBS News' Bill Plante discusses his time reporting on the voting rights act and the Selma march 50 years ago. He speaks with CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Kristine Johnson
CBS News' Bill Plante discusses his time reporting on the voting rights act and the Selma march 50 years ago. He speaks with CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Kristine Johnson.
103-year-old Amelia Boynton recounts her memories of "Bloody Sunday" to CBS News' Bill Plante
103-year-old Amelia Boynton recounts her memories of the "Bloody Sunday" to CBS News' Bill Plante.
Voices of the Selma march, 50 years ago
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Selma photographer recalls rare MLK photo
Stephen Somerstein was positioned right behind Martin Luther King Jr., when he captured one of the most powerful images of the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march
Capturing the Selma-to-Montgomery March
In 1965, a college student by the name of Stephen Somerstein grabbed his camera and took some of the most powerful images of the civil rights event
Saturday marks 50 years since the assassination of Malcolm X
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The charismatic and controversial leader was gunned down while giving a speech in Harlem, New York City
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Sherrilyn Ifill, Peter Baker, Jeffrey Goldberg, Kimberley Strassel, and CBS News' Jan Crawford discuss how the U.S. has advanced civil rights in the last half-century
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Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, was a young civil rights activist when demonstrators were brutalized by police in Selma, Alabama in 1965
Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, was a young civil rights activist when demonstrators were brutalized by police in Selma, Alabama in 1965.
More than half a century after 9 college students were sentenced to trespassing for a civil rights sit-in, a South Carolina judge tossed out their convictions Wednesday
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Fifty years ago Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize. CBS News' Dean Reynolds finds his legacy is still strong in Chicago
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"CBS News: 50 Years Later, Civil Rights" panelists discuss with moderator Bob Schieffer the struggle for equal rights, the state of race in America, and the future of equality
A half-century after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act, CBS News' Bob Schieffer hosted a symposium on Americans' historic fight against segregation, and the continuing struggle for equal rights for all.
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