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Historic Trail map. The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail is the shortest of the National Historic Trails at 54 miles. [9] [10] The National Historic Trail starts at the Mount Zion AME Zion Church in Marion. [2] Route signs lead people from Marion to Selma, where there is an interpretative center for the trail. [11]
In 1996, the 54-mile Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail was designated and is preserved by the National Park Service. [131] As part of the National Historic Trail, the National Park Service operates three interpretive centers (Selma, Lowndes County, and Alabama State University in Montgomery).
U.S. Route 80 (US 80) through Alabama is roughly 218.621 miles (351.836 km) long. [1] The entirety of US 80 through Alabama is called the Dixie Overland Highway.The route also makes up the entirety or components of several byways and scenic trails, including the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail, the Selma to Montgomery March National Historic Trail and the Selma to Montgomery March Byway ...
Selma: The Edmund Pettus Bridge (1940), on US Route 80, is named for Edmund Pettus, Confederate General and Alabama Grand Dragon of the KKK. [62] This is the beginning of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (1996), commemorating the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches of 1965. Defense of Selma Memorial (1907) by UDC [59] [63]
The United States is crisscrossed by historical trails, both physical and virtual, that follow the journey of the African American experience.
The campus hosted the Stars for Freedom rally on the night of March 24, 1965, where celebrities volunteered to entertain weary marchers on the final night of the Selma to Montgomery marches. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and is part of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, created in 1996. [1]
A civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery is organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and led by future Congressman John Lewis (Stephan James) and Hosea Williams (Wendell Pierce ...
It is included on the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. The congregation moved to a new location in 1990, and on November 4, 2002, the building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The sides of the building are decorated with murals depicting Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Selma to Montgomery marches.