Selma to Montgomery marches

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The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of 1965 civil rights protests in Alabama that became pivotal in the struggle for African American voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

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instanceOf civil rights protest
event in the Civil Rights Movement
march
nonviolent protest campaign
commemoratedBy National Historic Trail designation of the route
annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1965-03-25
endPoint Montgomery, Alabama
hasCause systemic disenfranchisement of Black voters in Alabama
voter suppression of African Americans in the U.S. South
hasEffect federal oversight of voter registration in certain states
increased national support for civil rights legislation
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
influencedBy earlier civil rights campaigns in the South
philosophy of nonviolence
legalOutcome federal court order allowing the march to proceed
locatedIn Alabama
mainSubject African American voting rights
racial segregation in the United States
mediaCoverage extensive national television coverage
method nonviolent resistance
peaceful marching
notableLocation Alabama State Capitol
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
Edmund Pettus Bridge
opponent Alabama
surface form: Alabama state troopers

Dallas County Sheriff’s Office
segregationist local officials
opposedBy George Wallace
surface form: Governor George Wallace
organizer Dallas County Voters League
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
participant Amelia Boynton Robinson
Andrew Young
Bayard Rustin
Coretta Scott King
Hosea Williams
James Bevel
John Lewis
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Abernathy
thousands of civil rights activists
partOf American civil rights movement
surface form: American Civil Rights Movement
route U.S. Route 80
significantEvent Bloody Sunday
Turnaround Tuesday
third Selma to Montgomery march
startDate 1965-03-07
startPoint Selma, Alabama
supportedBy Lyndon B. Johnson
surface form: President Lyndon B. Johnson

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Jonathan M. Daniels participantIn Selma to Montgomery marches
this entity surface form: Selma to Montgomery campaign
U.S. Route 80 notableFor Selma to Montgomery marches
U.S. Route 80 usedDuring Selma to Montgomery marches
Paul Webb mainSubject Selma to Montgomery marches
subject surface form: Selma
Boynton associatedWith Selma to Montgomery marches
this entity surface form: Selma voting rights movement
Oyelowo subject Selma to Montgomery marches
subject surface form: Selma
Meredith March Against Fear precededBy Selma to Montgomery marches
Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee associatedWithEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
this entity surface form: Selma voting rights campaign
Annie notableEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
subject surface form: Annie Lee Cooper
this entity surface form: 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights campaign
A. D. King participantIn Selma to Montgomery marches
Broad Street, Selma, Alabama associatedWith Selma to Montgomery marches
Alabama state troopers notableEvent Selma to Montgomery marches
Alabama Black Belt civilRightsEventLocation Selma to Montgomery marches
Albert Turner notableFor Selma to Montgomery marches
this entity surface form: Selma voting rights campaign
Albert Turner workedOn Selma to Montgomery marches
this entity surface form: Selma voting rights campaign
Marion, Alabama influenced Selma to Montgomery marches
C. T. Vivian participatedIn Selma to Montgomery marches
this entity surface form: Selma voting rights campaign