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Like the Oscar-winning song "Glory" says, Selma is now. Fifty years later, its leaders are still making waves
On March 7, 1965, about 600 demonstrators started marching from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, a form of protest to demand voting rights for the black community. Instead of continuing peacefully, they were stopped by state troopers and attacked, brutalized so heavily that the day is forever known as Bloody Sunday. Seventeen people were injured.
It didn't stop the movement. On March 9, they tried again, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders, before eventually turning back. Then on March 21, about 3,200 people gathered again and successfully began to march out of Selma into Montgomery. On March 25, they arrived at the state capitol, and MLK, Jr. delivered a galvanizing speech titled "Our God is Marching On!" On Aug. 9, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Read more...
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