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28 gen 2010 · The Selma to Montgomery march was part of a series of civil rights protests that occurred in 1965 in Alabama, a Southern state with deeply entrenched racist policies.
Le marce da Selma a Montgomery furono tre marce di protesta del 1965 che hanno segnato la storia del movimento per i diritti civili degli afroamericani negli Stati Uniti.
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.
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.
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 Conference (SCLC) had been campaigning for ...
In March 1965, thousands of people held a series of marches in the U.S. state of Alabama in an effort to get that right back. Their march from Selma to Montgomery, the capital, was a success, leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
On March 7, later known as “Bloody Sunday,” demonstrators in Selma begin a march to Montgomery to peacefully protest Jackson’s death, ongoing police violence against the voter-registration campaign, and sweeping violations of African Americans’ civil rights.
