News & Stories Remembering civil rights icon Joanne Bland Ayesha Rascoe February 22, 2026 / 5:09 am In a series of profiles of members of the civil rights generation, we visit JoAnne Bland in Selma, Ala. Bland marched for voting rights on "Bloody Sunday" in 1965 when she was just 11. Why you can trust KUOW