Selma to Montgomery marches

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The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of 1965 civil rights protests in Alabama that became pivotal in the struggle for African American voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

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instanceOf civil rights protest
event in the Civil Rights Movement
march
nonviolent protest campaign
commemoratedBy National Historic Trail designation of the route
annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee
country United States
endDate 1965-03-25
endPoint Montgomery, Alabama
hasCause systemic disenfranchisement of Black voters in Alabama
voter suppression of African Americans in the U.S. South
hasEffect federal oversight of voter registration in certain states
increased national support for civil rights legislation
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
influencedBy earlier civil rights campaigns in the South
philosophy of nonviolence
legalOutcome federal court order allowing the march to proceed
locatedIn Alabama
mainSubject African American voting rights
racial segregation in the United States
mediaCoverage extensive national television coverage
method nonviolent resistance
peaceful marching
notableLocation Alabama State Capitol
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
Edmund Pettus Bridge
opponent Alabama state troopers
linked to: Alabama

Dallas County Sheriff’s Office
segregationist local officials
opposedBy Governor George Wallace
linked to: George Wallace
organizer Dallas County Voters League
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
participant Amelia Boynton Robinson
Andrew Young
Bayard Rustin
Coretta Scott King
Hosea Williams
James Bevel
John Lewis
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Abernathy
thousands of civil rights activists
partOf American Civil Rights Movement
route U.S. Route 80
significantEvent Bloody Sunday
Turnaround Tuesday
third Selma to Montgomery march
startDate 1965-03-07
startPoint Selma, Alabama
supportedBy President Lyndon B. Johnson
linked to: Lyndon B. Johnson

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Martin Luther King Jr. participatedIn Selma to Montgomery marches
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized Selma to Montgomery marches
SCLC notableCampaign Selma voting rights campaign
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Selma (2014 film) basedOn Selma to Montgomery marches
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee participatedIn Selma to Montgomery marches
Selma, Alabama knownFor 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches
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Selma, Alabama hasSignificantEvent Third Selma to Montgomery march (March 21–25, 1965)
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Martin Luther King Jr. notableWork Selma to Montgomery marches
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John Lewis participantIn Selma to Montgomery marches
Diane Nash participantIn Selma voting rights campaign
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Roy Wilkins participatedIn Voting Rights Act of 1965 campaign
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Ralph Abernathy participatedIn Selma to Montgomery marches
Hosea Williams participatedIn Selma to Montgomery marches
Turnaround Tuesday hasAlternativeName Second Selma march
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Turnaround Tuesday partOf Selma to Montgomery marches
Turnaround Tuesday precedes Third Selma to Montgomery march
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Dallas County Voters League activeIn Selma voting rights campaign
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Dallas County Voters League associatedWithEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church associatedWithEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
Edmund Pettus Bridge associatedWithEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
James Bevel participantIn Selma voting rights movement
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Amelia Boynton Robinson notableEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
Amelia Boynton Robinson participantIn Selma to Montgomery marches
David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. basedOnEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. depicts Selma to Montgomery marches
Annie Lee Cooper participatedIn Selma to Montgomery marches
Selma Historic District associatedWithEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
First Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) associatedWithEvent Selma voting rights campaign
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Pub.L. 89–110 relatedTo Selma to Montgomery marches
Dallas County, Alabama isKnownFor Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches
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Dallas County, Alabama hasHistoricEvent Selma to Montgomery march of March 1965
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Selma Interpretive Center theme Selma to Montgomery marches
Selma Interpretive Center dedicatedTo Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches
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Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) partOf Selma to Montgomery marches
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute dedicatedTo Selma to Montgomery marches
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute hasExhibitOn Selma to Montgomery marches
Abraham Joshua Heschel participantIn Selma to Montgomery marches
Dorothy Cotton participatedIn Selma voting rights campaign
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Selma knownFor 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches
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Selma eventOccurredHere third Selma to Montgomery march (March 21–25, 1965)
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Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail commemorates Selma to Montgomery marches
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement describesEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
March (graphic novel trilogy) depicts Selma to Montgomery marches
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John Lewis participantIn Selma to Montgomery marches
subject linked to: John
Dallas County, Alabama knownFor Selma to Montgomery marches
subject linked to: Dallas County
Dallas County, Alabama historicalEventLocation Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches (1965)
subject linked to: Dallas County
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Juanita Jones Abernathy participatedIn Selma to Montgomery marches