Eyewitness - National Archives
In 1965, at the height of the modern civil rights movement, activists organized a march for voting rights, from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the state capital. On March 7, some 600 people …
Selma to Montgomery March ‑ MLK, Purpose & Distance - HISTORY
2010年1月28日 · 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, …
Selma to Montgomery marches - Wikipedia
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.
How Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ Became a Turning Point in ... - HISTORY
On March 7, 1965, when then-25-year-old activist John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama and faced brutal attacks by oncoming state...
Selma Marches | National Archives
2023年12月11日 · The first Selma to Montgomery march began on Sunday, March 7, led by SNCC chairman John Lewis and the Reverend Hosea Williams of SCLC. The march …
Selma to Montgomery March | The Martin Luther King, Jr.
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, …
1965 Selma to Montgomery March Fast Facts - CNN
2024年2月21日 · March 7, 1965 - About 600 people begin a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Lewis and Hosea Williams. Marchers demand an end to …
John Lewis and the Selma to Montgomery Marches of 1965
At Jackson’s memorial service, Bevel, who had recently conceived a march from Selma to Montgomery, referenced the biblical story of Esther, exhorting the assembly: “We must go to …
Primary Sources: The 1960s: Selma to Montgomery March (1965)
2024年8月14日 · " This graphic novel is a first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled …
President Obama Marks the 50th Anniversary of the Marches from Selma …
2015年3月8日 · President Barack Obama makes remarks at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march from Selma to …