March 21

Reverend Martin Luther King leads civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

March 21, 1965

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  • Picturing Freedom: Selma-to-Montgomery March, 1965
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    Picturing Freedom: Selma-to-Montgomery March, 1965

    Why did thousands march over 50 miles through cold, Alabama rain in 1965? With this interactive, students learn about the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, one of the seminal events of the Civil Rights movement.