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3 giorni fa · The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The bombing was committed by a white supremacist terrorist group.
17 mag 2024 · Selma. Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma Located on a high bluff that overlooks the Alabama River, 50 miles west of Montgomery, historic Selma is the county seat of Dallas County. From the Civil War to the modern civil rights era, Selma has played an important role in American history.
8 mag 2024 · Selma March, political march led by Martin Luther King, Jr., from Selma, Alabama, to the state’s capital, Montgomery, that occurred March 21–25, 1965. The march became a landmark in the American civil rights movement and directly led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
3 giorni fa · John Robert Lewis was born close to Troy, Alabama, on February 21, 1940, the third of ten children of Willie Mae (née Carter) and Eddie Lewis. His parents were sharecroppers in rural Pike County, Alabama, of which Troy was the county seat.
3 giorni fa · Alabama police in 1965 attack voting rights marchers on "Bloody Sunday", the first of the Selma to Montgomery marches. Prior to the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 there were several efforts to stop the disenfranchisement of black voters by Southern states,.
17 mag 2024 · Education Post-secondary Education. Selma University Selma University, an historically black college (HBCU), opened its doors on January 1, 1878, with the goal of instructing black Baptist ministers and freedmen. The school has expanded over the years, from its initial enrollment of four students to graduating more than 4,000 students.
16 mag 2024 · History Museums and Historical Parks. Ancient Africa Enslavement and Civil War Museum. The Ancient Africa Enslavement and Civil War Museum in Selma, Dallas County, focuses on and interprets African American history from ancient Africa to the twenty-first century.
