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mar 7, 1965 - 1965: Selma to Montgomery March

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In the Selma to Montgomery March, around 600 civil rights marchers walk to Selma, Alabama to Montgomery - the state's capital - in protest of black voter suppression. Local police force block and brutally attack them. After successfully fighting in court for their right to march, Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders lead two more marches and finally reach Montgomery on March 25.

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mar 7, 1965
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~ 61 years ago