Selma-Montgomery March

Title:
Selma-Montgomery March
Years:
1965
Description:
To protest local resistance to black voter registration in Dallas County, Alabama, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) organized a mass march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7, 1965. Under the leadership of John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the SCLC's Hosea Williams, a column of five hundred to six hundred demonstrators marched without incident through the streets of Selma until reaching the Edmund Pettus Bridge where they were brutally attacked by state troopers and mounted patrolmen. Television cameramen captured the incident on film, and "Bloody Sunday," as it came to be known, helped marshal nationwide support for the passage of voting rights legislation. Undeterred by the threat of violence, Martin Luther King Jr. led more than three thousand marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge only two weeks later. From there, King's column made the 54-mile trek to the state capital under the watchful protection of the recently federalized Alabama National Guard, arriving in Montgomery four days later.
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

349 items in 20 collections (expand all)

Rosa Parks: Interview 1

Creator:
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
Haskins, James, 1941-2005
Date of Original:
1965/2005
Collection:
African American collections
Contributing Institution:
University of Florida. Libraries

Al Benn and Rachel West Nelson during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery March in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Date of Original:
1985-03-03
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Alabama state trooper observing marchers during the 20th anniversary reenactment of the Selma to Montgomery March in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Gordon, Tom
Date of Original:
1985-03-03
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Alabama state trooper using his motorcycle radio during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery March in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Date of Original:
1985-03-03
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Albert Turner speaking from the steps of Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:
Jones, Ed
Date of Original:
1985-03-03
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Attendees listening to Jesse Jackson speak at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Date of Original:
1985-03-03
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

C. T. Vivian during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery March, probably in rural Dallas or Lowndes County, Alabama.

Creator:
Sikora, Frank
Date of Original:
1985-03
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Alfred Moldovan oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New York, New York, 2011-07-19

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-07-19
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Annie Pearl Avery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Selma, Alabama, 2011 May 31

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-05-31
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Denmark, South Carolina, 2013 March 21

Date of Original:
2013
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

David Mercer Ackerman and Satoko Ito Ackerman oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011-09-20

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-09-20
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

E. Maynard Moore oral history interview conducted by David. P. Cline in Washington, District of Columbia, 2015 December 14

Date of Original:
2015
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, 2011-06-01

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-06-01
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center
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Catholicism and the Civil Rights Movement

Creator:
Moore, Andrew S.
Date of Original:
2007-03-08
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Modern Civil Rights Movement in Alabama

Creator:
Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-
Date of Original:
2008-06-17
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Selma to Montgomery March

Creator:
Thornton, J. Mills
Date of Original:
2007-03-14
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports, January 1965-March 1965 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 11-13)

Creator:
Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:
1965-01
1965-02
1965-03
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - General, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 6)

Creator:
Kaplow, Alicia, 1945-
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - General, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 8)

Creator:
Kaplow, Alicia, 1945-
Date of Original:
1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

King--Edwin King papers (Z: Accessions,M79-424)

Creator:
King, Edwin
Date of Original:
1963/1968
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Lipsky--Princeton SNCC and Freedom Center, 1963-1965, undated (Michael Lipsky and David J. Olson papers, 1935-1981; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 851, Box1. Folder 8)

Creator:
Lipsky, Michael
Date of Original:
1963/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

MFDP--General papers, 1963-1965, part 2 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 1, Segment 2, Part 2)

Creator:
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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24 School Board and Supreme Court endorsements

Creator:
Milwaukee United School Integration Committee
Date of Original:
1964/1966
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Creator:
Spider Martin
Date of Original:
1965-03-07
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph David Abernathy Lead Civil Rights March

Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Activity in Alabama during the time of the Selma to Montgomery March, 1965

Creator:
Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Contributing Institution:
Chicago History Museum

Civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, 1965

Creator:
Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Contributing Institution:
Chicago History Museum

Civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, 1965

Creator:
Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Contributing Institution:
Chicago History Museum

Civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, 1965

Creator:
Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Contributing Institution:
Chicago History Museum

Civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama

Creator:
Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
Date of Original:
1965-03-17
Collection:
Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Contributing Institution:
Chicago History Museum

Civil rights demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama

Creator:
Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
Date of Original:
1965-03-17
Collection:
Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Contributing Institution:
Chicago History Museum
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50,000 march on Montgomery [graphic].

Creator:
Sleet, Moneta,Jr.,1926-1996, photographer.
Date of Original:
1965
Collection:
Rosa Parks Papers
Contributing Institution:
Library of Congress

Baer, Helen interview

Creator:
Baer, Helen
Gonzalez, Mary Y.
Walbert, Eileen
Date of Original:
10/27/1975
Collection:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Oral History Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Goodson, Willita interview

Creator:
Goodson, Willita S., 1928-
Date of Original:
1977-02-09
Collection:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Oral History Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Walbert, Eileen interview

Creator:
Walbert, Eileen
Date of Original:
10/27/1975
Collection:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Oral History Collection
Contributing Institution:
Mervyn H. Sterne Library

1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March

Creator:
Flora Moore Andry Collection
Date of Original:
1965-03
Collection:
Trenholm State Community College
Contributing Institution:
H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College

1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March

Creator:
Flora Moore Andry Collection
Date of Original:
1965-03-25
Collection:
Trenholm State Community College
Contributing Institution:
H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College

1965 Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March

Creator:
Flora Moore Andry Collection
Date of Original:
1965-03-25
Collection:
Trenholm State Community College
Contributing Institution:
H. Councill Trenholm State Technical College
Educator Resources:

5 items in 3 collections (expand all)

Eileen Kelley Walbert

Date of Original:
1960/1965
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
WGBH Educational Foundation

Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

Date of Original:
1950/1981
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
WGBH Educational Foundation

Sheyann Webb

Date of Original:
1860/1965
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
WGBH Educational Foundation