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James H. Barker, documented civil rights movement activity in Selma in the early 1960s. [1] Dan Budnik (1933–2020), persuaded Life to have him create a long-term photo essay documenting the Selma to Montgomery march. His photographs are now in the collection of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site.
Viola Fauver Liuzzo (née Gregg; April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was an American civil rights activist in Detroit, Michigan.She was known for going to Alabama in March 1965 to support the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights.
"Selma & the March to Montgomery: A Discussion: November–June, 2004–2005". Civil Rights Movement Archive. Tougaloo College. "1965: Police attack Alabama marchers". BBC News, March 7, 2005. "Selma-to-Montgomery 1965 Voting Rights March". Alabama Department of Archives & History. Archived at the Internet Archive, March 16, 2009
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 ...
Sheyann Webb-Christburg (born February 17, 1956) is a civil rights activist known as Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Smallest Freedom Fighter" and co-author of the book Selma, Lord, Selma. As an eight-year-old, Webb took part in the first attempt at the Selma to Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, known as Bloody Sunday.
The landmark voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 didn't happen in just one day: Participants spent four nights camping along the roughly 55-mile (89-kilometer) route through ...
In March 2005, a re-enactment of the march took place to commemorate its 40th anniversary. [5] This anniversary led to the creation of a pedestrian walk around Selma. [6] In 2015 the Marion to Selma Connecting Trail was designated to connect the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail with the site of Jimmie Lee Jackson's murder. [7]
Ronald became the second Black astronaut when he flew as a mission specialist from February 3rd to 11th, 1984. ... On March 6, 1975, after 12 years of service, Matlovich handed a letter to his ...