Dec 18, 2024 · Civil Rights Leaders in Selma Minister, philosopher, and social activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was America's most significant civil rights leader of the 1950s and …

Jan 28, 2010 · In early 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC decided to make Selma, located in Dallas County, Alabama, the focus of a Black voter registration campaign. King had …

Oct 27, 2009 · Over the next year, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., a 26-year-old local Black pastor, led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. African Americans, who made up the majority of …

On 25 March 1965, Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, …

White officials in Alabama conducted two concerted efforts to defeat Martin Luther King, Jr., and the civil rights movement legally, by indicting King for violating an anti-boycotting law during …

Jan 11, 2025 · Info: Inaugurated in 2014, Montgomery's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, hosted by Friends of the Theatre, pays homage to the civil rights icon while recognizing local …

Jan 13, 2025 · Selma March, political march led by Martin Luther King, Jr., from Selma, Alabama, to the state’s capital, Montgomery, that occurred March 21–25, 1965. The march became a …

Jan 21, 2025 · Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil Rights, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Nonviolence: While in Boston, King met Coretta Scott, a native Alabamian who was studying at the New England …

Two days later, Dr. Martin Luther King led roughly 2,500 people back to the Pettus Bridge before turning the marchers around — obeying a court order that prevented them from making the full …

Just after one of modern history's pivotal moments, Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Montgomery, Alabama, to honor the "Freedom Riders," an organized assemblage of activists …