The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in Alabama memorializes the route taken by marchers during the Voting Ri ...
Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama ... “Yes, I was [in ...
On March 25, 1965, triumphant civil rights demonstrators led by Martin Luther King, Jr. marched into Montgomery, Alabama. It was the culmination of a fifty-mile procession from Selma. As they ...
That day, about 600 people had gathered at Brown A.M.E. Church in Selma, then walked peacefully on Main Street toward the ...
The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches that culminated in the passing of the landmark Voting Rights Act, will be commemorated in March of 2025. As in ...
Jr. Day have involved the new movie “Selma,” about the historic marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama in 1965. Viewers may wish to supplement the film with JTA’s coverage at the time ...
Part of his legacy includes leading a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery in March of 1965. Demonstrators were fighting racial voter discrimination. It’s been nearly 60 ...
Cambridge resident Roy Davis remembers approaching Edmund Pettus Bridge for the first time during the march from Selma to ...