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Selma, Lord, Selma (1999), the first dramatic feature film based on events surrounding the Selma to Montgomery marches, is a Disney made-for-TV movie shown on ABC television. [148] Critical reception varied.
The Selma to Montgomery March occurred on March 21 to 25, 1965, and was led by Dr Martin Luther King. [1] This march was the culmination of several weeks of activity, during which demonstrators had tried to march on two occasions. [1] They were stopped on both occasions, once violently, by the police. [1]
Map of the Selma to Montgomery marches route showing campsite locations. Participants in the Selma to Montgomery march on March 21–25, 1965, utilized four campsites along the route. The march followed a 54-mile (87 km) route along U.S. Highway 80 from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma through Lowndes County to the State Capitol in Montgomery.
Congressman John Lewis (far left) and President Barack Obama walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with other Civil Rights leaders to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil ...
James Reeb marching with Ralph Abernathy, Reverend King, Coretta Scott King, and others Monument for Reeb in Selma, Alabama. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Reeb went to Selma to join the Selma to Montgomery marches, a series of protests for African-American voting rights that followed the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson in Marion, Ala., by a law enforcement ...
Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights. ... break up a march at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma ...
This year marks the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." On March seventh, 1965, a group of peaceful marchers planned to make their way from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama to protest voting ...
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.