A father of eight children whose youngest was born eight days after his death on Bloody Sunday and named after him. Thousands of people crowded an Alabama bridge on Sunday to commemorate a bloody confrontation 50 years ago between police and peaceful protesters that helped bring about the 1965 Voting Rights Act.


This story was updated at 2:44 p.m. on Friday, July 3, 2020, with more information.
The death of Queen Victoria on January 22, 1901, ends an era in which most of her British subjects know no other monarch. Today, with thousands protesting nationwide against racial injustice, a years-old push is gaining steam to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of Rep. John Lewis, who led the 1965 marchers on “Bloody Sunday.” But the idea is drawing opposition in Selma, including from some who marched with Lewis that day. However, three white ministers were beaten on March 9, and one, Dr. James Reeb of Boston, later died. No one died directly as a result of the attack on March 7, 1965. Mr McKinney managed a junior soccer team and ran …