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Also Known As Selma to Montgomery March
Date March 21, 1965 - March 25, 1965
Location Alabama • Montgomery • Selma • United States
Context Voting Rights Act

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Selma March
A brief history of the Selma March
Edmund Pettus Bridge
“We march with Selma!”
Lyndon B. Johnson
Selma March
Martin Luther King, Jr., at Montgomery
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American civil rights activist and religious leader
John Lewis
John Lewis
American civil rights leader and politician
Hosea Williams
Hosea Williams
American civil rights leader and politician

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