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Don’t gloss over significance of Brandon Johnson’s trip to Selma

The Sun-Times mentioned the trip Johnson made over the weekend but did not do so in context of who he actually is.

Chicago Sun-Times

Joe Biden stumbles on Air Force One steps for second time in two weeks

President visits Selma, Alabama to commemorate 58 years since ‘Bloody Sunday’

The Independent UK

First Thing: Biden warns of ‘hate and extremism’ in the US

The president spoke in Selma at the site of ‘Bloody Sunday’, which led to passage of historic voting rights legislation nearly 60 years ago. Plus, why women are mad as hell

The Guardian - UK

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Biden marks Selma’s 1965 ‘Bloody Sunday’ with eye on 2024 race

President Joe Biden listed his major accomplishments in the White House, including appointing the first Black woman Supreme Court justice, as he sought to strengthen ties with Black voters at a hallowed site for the 1960s civil rights movement ahead of a planned 2024 reelection bid.

Tribune News Service

Biden commemorates "Bloody Sunday" in Selma by pushing voting rights reform

"Selma is a reckoning. The right to vote and to have your vote counted is the threshold of democracy and liberty," the president said Sunday.

Axios

Biden's Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights

President Joe Biden is set to pay tribute to the heroes of “Blood Sunday” this weekend in Selma, Alabama

The Independent UK

Chicago mayor candidate Brandon Johnson in Selma for ‘Bloody Sunday’ march

Chicago mayoral rivals Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas are campaigning for Black voters ahead of the April 4 runoff. Rep. Danny Davis will endorse Johnson on Monday.

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How this year's Selma Bridge Crossing could mark a community renaissance

President Biden visits Selma for the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." Residents there are still recovering from tornadoes that ripped through the city in January.

WEKU

Biden to visit Selma, Ala. for voting rights anniversary

President Joe Biden will travel to Alabama on Sunday to mark the 58th anniversary of a landmark event of the civil rights movement

The Independent UK

Gunman ‘essentially executed’ California police officer on duty, investigators say

FRESNO, Calif. — Authorities on Friday described the killing of a Selma police officer as happening before the officer had a chance to react, and said he was “essentially executed.”

Tribune News Service

Selma, California, police officer shot multiple times and killed in the line of duty

SELMA, Calif. — A Selma police officer was shot and killed by a suspect in the line of duty in a residential neighborhood in the Fresno County city on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Selma, California, police officer shot and killed in line of duty. Suspect arrested

SELMA, Calif. — A Selma police officer was shot and killed by a suspect in the line of duty in a residential neighborhood in the Fresno County city on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Satellite Images Reveal Extent Of Tornado Devastation In Selma, Alabama

The deadly tornado outbreak across the southern United States resulted in dozens of destructive tornadoes

Zenger

Town where Martin Luther King Jr made historic march reels from tornado

Residents of Selma, Alabama, find resilience in civil rights leader’s legacy as US marks MLK Day

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Zenger

Yet The Marcher Persisted: How Weather Constantly Impacted The Civil Rights Movement

During one of the most heated times in American history, weather played a significant, yet hardly recognized, role in the movement

The Independent UK

In tornado-ravaged Selma, prayers of thanks

The Sunday after a tornado devastated much of the historic city of Selma, church congregations raised up prayers of gratitude for lives spared and prayers of comfort for lives lost elsewhere to the storm that tore across the South

The Independent UK

In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community

As a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes across parts of the U.S. South, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly

Al Jazeera

Seven dead in US South after severe rain, tornadoes

Strong winds and heavy rain damage homes, tens of thousands without power in parts of Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama.

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Evening Standard

At least seven killed by massive tornado storm system in Georgia and Alabama

Six of the deaths were recorded Autauga County, Alabama

The Independent UK

At least 7 dead as severe winds, tornadoes hammer US South

A massive storm system whipping up severe winds and spawning tornadoes cut a path across the U.S. South, killing at least seven people in Georgia and Alabama, where a twister damaged buildings and tossed cars in the streets of historic downtown Selma

Daily Mirror

Alabama tornado: At least seven dead as devastating twisters rip through US states

Swirling storm systems spawned a number of lethal tornadoes across Alabama, with an estimated 40 to 50 homes destroyed and several people severely injured

Al Jazeera

‘Extremely dangerous’ tornado tears across US South as storms hit

The National Weather Service received 33 tornado reports across southern states like Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky.

The Independent UK

Tornado damages buildings, uproots trees in Alabama

A large tornado damaged homes and uprooted trees in Alabama on Thursday as a powerful storm system pushed through the South

WEKU

At least 9 people were killed as a giant storm system hit the Southern U.S.

Rescuers raced Friday to find any survivors trapped in debris after tornadoes barreled across parts of the South and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, Ala.

The Independent UK

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

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