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March 21, 1965 to March 25, 1965. On 25 March 1965, Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, where local African Americans, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Southern Christian Leadership ...
- Wallace
Wallace died in Montgomery on 13 September 1998 at the age...
- Jackson
In the weeks following Jackson’s death, SCLC organized a...
- Williams
One such community was Selma, Alabama, where SCLC began work...
- Reeb
As Reeb was flying toward Selma, King was considering...
- Gray
Born on 14 December 1930, in Montgomery, Alabama, Gray was...
- Belafonte
In late March 1963, Belafonte invited prominent individuals...
- Recommended Readings for Kids
Dear Dr. King: Letters from Today’s Children to Martin...
- Wallace
(Yes, sir) From Montgomery to Birmingham, (Yes, sir) from Birmingham to Selma, (Yes, sir) from Selma back to Montgomery, (Yes) a trail wound in a circle long and often bloody, yet it has become a highway up from darkness.
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.
He has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat. O, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on. Glory, hallelujah!
28 de ene. de 2010 · In March of that year, in an effort to register Black voters in the South, protesters marching the 54-mile route from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were confronted with deadly...
by Martha Bouyer. Essential Question. What conditions created the need for a protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, and what did that march achieve? Background. Throughout American history, African Americans have struggled to gain basic civil rights, such as the right to vote.
20 de mar. de 2015 · AP. Fifty years ago, civil rights protesters began their successful march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., two weeks after a crackdown by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday.
