Home >
1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery...
1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery...
Item # 716640
March 11, 1965
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., March 11, 1965
* Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
* Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights March
* Minister James Reeb beating (death)
The front page has a banner heading: "Judge Refuses To Hold King In Contempt"
Also a three column heading: "Cleric Near Death; 3 Men Arrested" with photo. (see images)
This was the 2nd attempt to march to Montgomery which ended up in failure.
Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
AI notes: In March 1965, Selma, Alabama became the center of the civil rights struggle for Black voting rights in the U.S. Peaceful demonstrators, seeking to march from Selma to Montgomery, were violently attacked by police on March 7—“Bloody Sunday”—as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, an event that shocked the nation when broadcast on television. Led by figures like John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr., the movement persisted through legal battles and a second, successful march later that month. The national outrage and determination of the marchers led directly to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark law that outlawed discriminatory voting practices in the South.
Category: The 20th Century
Add to Cart
