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"How Long, Not Long" is the popular name given to the public speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech after the completion of the Selma to Montgomery March on March 25, 1965. [1] The speech is also known as "Our God Is Marching On!" [2]
President Obama speaks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches Video of President Obama's speech. On March 7, 2015, President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches on the subject of race relations within the United States.
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail sign President Barack Obama's speech marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches Memorial at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The marches had a powerful effect in Washington.
Delivered at the completion of the Selma to Montgomery March. [76] The speech is also known as "Our God Is Marching On!" [77] May 1 Address delivered at Law Day U.S.A Philadelphia, PA [75] May 23 "How to Deal with Grief and Disappointment" Atlanta, GA [78] Contents of this speech are limited to the hand written outline King wrote (cited) June 6
Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights. She and several other Black teenagers were with the Rev. Martin ...
Etched into people’s memory is the pastoral flourish that marked the speech’s last five minutes and ... and the televised beatings of civil rights activists on Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama ...
Lewis days earlier had been brutally beaten by police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in the peaceful protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. He showed up to the speech with a large bandage ...
Viola Fauver Liuzzo (née Gregg; April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was an American civil rights activist in Detroit, Michigan.She was known for going to Alabama in March 1965 to support the Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights.