Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail

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The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail is a commemorative route in Alabama that traces the path of the 1965 civil rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle for voting rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Trail
historic site
protected area
associatedWith Martin Luther King Jr.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
category Civil rights memorials in the United States
National Park Service areas in Alabama
Protected areas of Alabama
commemorates 1965 civil rights marches
Selma to Montgomery marches
voting rights movement
contains Alabama State Capitol
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Lowndes Interpretive Center
Montgomery Interpretive Center
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designation National Scenic Byway
endPoint Alabama State Capitol
established 1996
establishedBy United States Congress
followsRoute U.S. Route 80
governingBody National Park Service
hasInterpretiveCenters Lowndes Interpretive Center
Montgomery Interpretive Center
Selma Interpretive Center
hasTheme African-American history
civil rights
voting rights
heritageDesignation National Historic Trail
surface form: U.S. National Historic Trail
length approximately 54 miles
listedOn National Trails System Act
locatedIn Alabama
Dallas County, Alabama
Lowndes County, Alabama
Montgomery County, Alabama
operator National Park Service
partOf National Trails System units
surface form: United States National Trails System
purpose commemoration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
education about the civil rights movement
relatedEvent Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965)
surface form: Bloody Sunday
relatedLegislation Voting Rights Act of 1965
startPoint Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
subjectOf civil rights history tours
terminusA Selma, Alabama
terminusB Montgomery, Alabama
tourismType heritage tourism

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Alabama containsNationalParkSite Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Alabama containsTrail Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Alabama containsHistoricSite Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Turnaround Tuesday relatedTo Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Alabama State Capitol associatedWith Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
U.S. Civil Rights Trail hasPart Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Selma Interpretive Center partOf Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
National Historic Trail includesExample Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
U.S. Route 80 segmentDesignatedAs Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Lowndes County traversedBy Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
subject surface form: Lowndes County, Alabama
Lowndes County, Alabama, United States wasSiteOf Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
this entity surface form: Selma to Montgomery marches corridor
Lowndes County, Alabama, United States interpretiveCenterCommemorates Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail