The March from Selma to Montgomery
March 1965
A group of 3,200 civil right activists marched from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in order to promote black voting.
It was a five day walk. The protesters were protected by the National Guard. Martin Luther King Jr. walked in this march, which brought a lot of attention to the small town of Selma. At the end of the march, King said "The end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. And that will be a day not of the white man ,not of the black man. That will be the day of man as man." The event was just one other factor that led to blacks being allowed to vote and making poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.
It was a five day walk. The protesters were protected by the National Guard. Martin Luther King Jr. walked in this march, which brought a lot of attention to the small town of Selma. At the end of the march, King said "The end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. And that will be a day not of the white man ,not of the black man. That will be the day of man as man." The event was just one other factor that led to blacks being allowed to vote and making poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.