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Selma March
On March 25, 1965, triumphant civil rights demonstrators led by Martin Luther King, Jr. marched into Montgomery, Alabama. It was the culmination of a fifty-mile procession from Selma. As they ...
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Black activists wore kippahs in the ’60s – now ‘freedom caps’ are back
At an anniversary commemoration of the march in Selma Sunday, freedom caps were back. Marc Daniels, a 60-year-old Jewish salesman from Springfield, Illinois, was there hawking commemorative ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency6d
From the Archive: In Selma, sold-out yarmulkes and Shabbat behind bars
Hundreds of Negro freedom marchers today wore yarmulkes ... in demonstrations in Alabama as Jewish participation in the march from Selma to Montgomery. The Alabama Negroes called the yarmulkes ...
MLK’s Dream: ‘My year in Selma proved that we still have a long way to go.’
That day, about 600 people had gathered at Brown A.M.E. Church in Selma, then walked peacefully on Main Street toward the ...
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SELMA TO MONTGOMERY NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL
"Never Lose Sight of Freedom". Make sure to check out the ceiling in the entryway that looks like the Edmund Pettus Bridge. March 3-5, 2023, Selma Alabama will celebrate the 58th anniversary of ...
The Daily Star2d
SUNY Oneonta hosts civil rights icon at MLK commemoration
More than 150 people attended SUNY Oneonta's commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 27 featuring keynote ...
Selma Times-Journal6d
Selma Civil Rights Tour Guide and Foot Soldier Shares ‘personal testimony’ regarding the Civil Rights Movement
Dianne Harris, who is a Selma native and a Civil Rights Tour Guide within the city spoke to a group of adults through an ...
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Politics and the March on Washington
He participated in seminal events including the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma-to-Montgomery march. As chair of SNCC he coordinated voter registration and ...