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Date: March 7–25, 1965 (19 days) ... The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, ...
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]
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.
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 ...
"How Long, Not Long" is the popular name given to the public speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech after the completion of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965. [1] The speech is also known as "Our God Is Marching On!" [2]
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 ...
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.
Held Thursday through Sunday, it's the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.