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8 mag 2024 · This infographic provides maps and a timeline of events associated with the Selma March, which occurred March 21–25, 1965, and was a landmark event of the American civil rights movement. (more) Selma March, political march from Selma, Alabama, to the state’s capital, Montgomery, that occurred March 21–25, 1965.
Map showing Selma to Montgomery march route in March 1965 Response to the third march. The third Selma march received national and international coverage. It was reported that it publicized the marchers' message without harassment by police and segregation supporters.
- March 7–25, 1965
28 gen 2010 · In response to Jackson’s death, King and the SCLC planned a massive protest march from Selma to the state capitol of Montgomery, 54 miles away. A group of 600 people, including activists John...
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 ...
The Selma-to-Montgomery Marches. Article on how civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and helped the Voting Rights Act of 1965 pass. Grades. 5 - 12+. Subjects. Anthropology, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography. Photograph. Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
9 mar 2024 · Established by Congress in 1996, the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail commemorates the people, events, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Black and White non-violent supporters fought for the right to vote in Central Alabama.
