This story will be updated. Pastor Walter Womack, president of the Memphis Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), has died, according to officials with the NAACP Memphis Branch.
On March 7, 1965 protestors for African American voting rights were attacked by law enforcement officers in Selma, Alabama.
ROANOKE, Va – It has been 60 years since the historic voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Members of the ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn — Friends, family and the Memphis faith-based community are mourning the loss of Rev. Dr. Walter Womack. Womack ...
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