1 day ago · After marching from Selma, Martin Luther King Jr. Selma, Alabama, captured the attention of the entire nation and became the center of a decisive shift in the American conscience. Sep 22, 2025 · Selma is probably best known as the site of the infamous "Bloody Sunday" attack on civil rights marchers at Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, and the subsequent Selma-to-Montgomery March. and his closest advisors planned the pivotal Selma-to-Montgomery march in 1965, has found a new home at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. stood on the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, and called for nonviolence in the fight for equality and justice for all Americans. Selma is home to the largest contiguous historic district in the State of Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. King had won the Nobel Peace Prize Jan 8, 2026 · Lynda Blackmon Lowery, One of the Youngest Selma Marchers, Dies at 75 Her activism began as a teenager in 1963, when she heard the Rev. [4] About 80% of the population is African-American. The nexus of the voting rights campaign of the 1960s, Selma was the starting point for three marches in support of African-Americans’ right to vote.

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