MARION, Ala. (WSFA) - On this day in 1965, Civil Rights Activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was beaten and shot during a peaceful march in Marion, AL. On Feb. 18, 1965, Jackson, along with several hundred ...

On June 16, the Alabama Supreme Court authorized the execution of David Lee Roberts, 59. Roberts is set to die by nitrogen ...

Throughout Black History Month, ... Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., arrives for the funeral in Marion, Alabama March 3, 1965 of Jimmie Lee Jackson, slain during a racial demonstration.

Organizer Phillip Howard joined CBS 42 Morning News to discuss the Inaugural Marion 2 Selma Bike Ride. The ride commemorates the 60th anniversary of the civil rights protests that occurred in Marion, ...