selma-montgomery rights march, 1965

Presents a comprehensive collection of essays that examines the events surrounding the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in March of that year, and discusses some of the issues still to be resolved.

Presents the life of the civil rights worker who was murdered shortly after the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and discusses the rights of Afro-Americans living in the South prior to and following her death.

Provides an account of the events of 1965 when civil rights activists, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., gathered in Selma, Alabama, to protest practices designed to keep African-Americans from being able to vote, and discusses how the televised violence against the activists caused widespread outrage that spurred the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

Depicts the repeated efforts of civil rights advocates to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, only to be interrupted by national guardsmen.

Text and accompanying photographs present the story of two African-American girls who tell their memories of the civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama, in which they participated when they were eight and nine years old.

Text and accompanying photographs present the story of two African American girls who tell their memories of the civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama, in which they participated when they were eight and nine years old.