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@ Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Thornton, J. Mills

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Encyclopedia article about the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March which was a central event of the Selma voting rights demonstrations. It provided some of the most recognized imagery of the civil rights movement and sparked several infamous crimes. Its route is now a national historic trail, and re-enactors, some of whom took part in the original march, meet on important anniversaries to retrace the path of the original event.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

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Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African Americans
  3. Alabama
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  6. Civil Rights Movements
  7. Civil Rights Workers
  8. History
  9. Protest Marches
  10. Race Relations
  11. Selma Montgomery Rights March, 1965
  12. Suffrage

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