- Collection:
- Civil Case Files, 1938-1995, Records of the District Courts of the United States
- Title:
- Testimony from Hosea Williams, John Lewis, and Amelia Boynton et al. v. Honorable George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama et al.
- Creator:
- United States. District Court (Alabama : Middle District)
- Date of Original:
- 1965
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Violence against--Alabama
African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Selma
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma
Courthouses--Alabama--Montgomery
Police brutality--Alabama--Selma
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
Trials--Alabama--Montgomery - People:
- Johnson, Frank Minis, 1918-1999
Lewis, John, 1940-2020--Trials, litigation, etc.
Williams, Hosea, 1926- --Trials, litigation, etc.
Robinson, Amelia Boynton, 1911- --Trials, litigation, etc.
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998--Trials, litigation, etc.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Dallas County, 32.32597, -87.10648
United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997 - Medium:
- civil court records
testimonies - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Cover of the second of three volumes of testimony plus pages 288 to 303 and pages 338 to 346 before Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. pertaining to the march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in support of voting rights in 1965. Included are the testimonies of Martin Luther King, Jr., Hosea Williams, Amelia Boynton, and John Lewis, among others.
A class action suit brought by Hosea Williams, John Lewis, and Amelia Boynton against Governor George C. Wallace and the State of Alabama concerning the protection of marchers as they walked from Selma to Montgomery on behalf of Negro voter registration in Alabama. The march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 was a pivotal event in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. - Metadata URL:
- https://catalog.archives.gov/id/279204
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2004, Civil Case Files, Testimony from Hosea Williams, John Lewis, and Amelia Boynton et al. v. Honorable George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama et al., National Archives at Atlanta.
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch
- Rights:
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