Selma To Montgomery March
Selma, AL, USA
Montgomery, AL, USA
On March 7, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. led the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, USA, for equal rights. It ended in a “Bloody Sunday”, when police attacked and tear-gassed 600 unarmed, peaceful marchers and 17 people were injured. On March 21, 1965, flanked by members of the Alabama National Guard, the protestors tried again. They marched for five days along U.S. Highway 80, the men donning three-piece suits and the women in their best dresses and high heels. They camped at night along the way, and by the time they reached the capitol steps in Montgomery on March 25, 1965, it was estimated that they were more than 25,000 strong. Sheyann Webb was only 8 years old...