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Governor Wallace denounced the march as a threat to public safety; he said that he would take all measures necessary to prevent it from happening. "There will be no march between Selma and Montgomery," Wallace said on March 6, 1965, citing concern over traffic violations.
The Selma to Montgomery March occurred on March 21 to 25, 1965, and was led by Dr Martin Luther King. [1] This march was the culmination of several weeks of activity, during which demonstrators had tried to march on two occasions. [1] They were stopped on both occasions, once violently, by the police. [1]
The Edmund Pettus Bridge was the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when police attacked Civil Rights Movement demonstrators with horses, billy clubs, and tear gas [3] as they were attempting to march to the state capital, Montgomery. [2] The marchers crossed the bridge again on March 21 and walked to the Capitol building.
Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights. ... [in the march] at 14. Dr. King had been to Selma numerous ...
This year marks the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." On March seventh, 1965, a group of peaceful marchers planned to make their way from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama to protest voting ...
55 years ago, In the spring of 1965, Lynda Blackmon was the youngest civil rights marcher to walk with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery. She was beaten by police and needed 29 ...
Map of the Selma to Montgomery marches route showing campsite locations. Participants in the Selma to Montgomery march on March 21–25, 1965, utilized four campsites along the route. The march followed a 54-mile (87 km) route along U.S. Highway 80 from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma through Lowndes County to the State Capitol in Montgomery.
James Reeb marching with Ralph Abernathy, Reverend King, Coretta Scott King, and others Monument for Reeb in Selma, Alabama. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Reeb went to Selma to join the Selma to Montgomery marches, a series of protests for African-American voting rights that followed the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson in Marion, Ala., by a law enforcement ...