Amelia Boynton Robinson describes how the Selma March came to together and what compelled her to get involved. She was fighting for her right to vote. Dr. Martin Luther King inspired by her treatment and then Jimmy Lee Johnson was killed. “We are going to march from Montgomery to Selma…” … Continue reading
On March 7, 1965, a group of around 600 marchers left Selma, Alabama, on a march to Alabama’s capital, Montgomery, as part of the Selma Voting Rights Movement. Shortly after leaving Selma, the unarmed marchers were attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge by state troopers with tear gas and billy … Continue reading
Reverend Thomas Lane Butts discusses meeting Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his participation in the march on Selma.
Actress Carmen Ejogo plays Coretta Scott King in the 2014 movie “Selma”, which is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches. Ejogo had previously played Coretta Scott King in the HBO production “Boycott”, and in this video she discusses portraying Scott King at different points in her … Continue reading
Help us ID the people in this historic photo! Scroll down to see who we have been able to identify thus far. (1.) X (2.) Dr. Ralph David Abernathy (3.) X (4.) X (5.) X (6.) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (7.) Coretta Scott King (8.) X (9.) X (10.) John Lewis? (11.) … Continue reading
Author: Rev. Dr. John F Baggett “Martin has known from the beginning that the movement could cost him his life…” Over the years I have recalled many times these prophetic words spoken to me with serene dignity in private conversation, by Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King. … Continue reading
Sister Rosemary Flanigan discusses why nuns publically marched from Selma to Montgomery with Martin Luther King Jr. and shares her memories of the civil rights gathering. Continue reading
Hear the motivational speech Dr. Martin Luther King gave before the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Continue reading
From March 16, 1964 to the 25th civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama with the support of Federal officials, National Guard members, and the Army. Continue reading
Hear Representative John Lewis recount the horrible events of the Bloody Sunday March to Montgomery on March 7, 1965 and watch footage of the police attacks that sent Lewis to the hospital. Continue reading
