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. In March of that year, in an effort to register black voters in the South, protesters marching the 54-mile route from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were confronted with deadly violence from local authorities and white vigilante groups. As the world watched, the protesters—under the protection of federalized National Guar

Bloody Sunday refers to a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that took place on March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama. John Lewis, who was a young activist at the time and later became a U.S. Congressman, played a key role in leading a peaceful march for voting rights. That day, about 600 protesters, including Lewis and other leaders from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery to

Bloody Sunday refers to a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that took place on March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama. John Lewis, who was a young activist at the time and later became a U.S. Congressman, played a key role in leading a peaceful march for voting rights. That day, about 600 protesters, including Lewis and other leaders from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery to