Selma to Montgomery marches

When

7 Mar 1965 – 25 Mar 1965

Kind

Protest

Coordinates

32.39° N, 86.66° W

Description

1965 march for African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote

Cause

civil rights movement

Placed at the middle of the 2 areas Wikidata lists.

1965 nonviolent protests for African-American voting rights in Alabama, United States

The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression; they were part of a broader voting rights movement underway…

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