Three Selma to Montgomery Marches in 1965 (March 24 Flyer)
My Mother's Flyer from the Third March on Montgomery
March on Montgomery March 24-25, 1965
Fullwood Family Collection
___The third march started March 21. Protected by 2,000 soldiers of the U.S. Army, 1,900 members of the Alabama National Guard under Federal command, and many FBI agents and Federal Marshals, the marchers averaged 10 miles (16 km) a day along U.S. Route 80, known in Alabama as the "Jefferson Davis Highway". The marchers arrived in Montgomery on March 24 and at the Alabama State Capitol on March 25.[6] With thousands having joined the campaign, 25,000 people entered the capital city that day in support of voting rights.
On Thursday, March 25, 25,000 people marched from St. Jude to the steps of the State Capitol Building where King delivered the speech How Long, Not Long. He said:
"The end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. ... I know you are asking today, How long will it take? I come to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long."
After delivering the speech, King and the marchers approached the entrance to the capitol with a petition for Governor Wallace. A line of state troopers blocked the door. One announced that the governor was not in. Undeterred, the marchers remained at the entrance until one of Wallace's secretaries appeared and took the petition.
Later that night, Viola Liuzzo, a white mother of five from Detroit who had come to Alabama to support voting rights for blacks, was assassinated by Ku Klux Klan members while she was ferrying marchers back to Selma from Montgomery....read more
The 3rd Selma Civil Rights March frontline. From far left: John Lewis, an unidentified nun; Ralph Abernathy; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Ralph Bunche; Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel; Frederick Douglas Reese. Second row: Between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Bunche is Rabbi Maurice Davis. Heschel later wrote, "When I marched in Selma, my feet were praying."
Buried in the budget submitted by the WH in February: $50M for civil rights sites, incl. the Selma to Montgomery trail. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/231411-obama-gives-nod-to-civil-rights-movement-in-budget-proposal
National historic trail on U.S. Highway 80 marks the route of the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March of 1965
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...Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail traces the historic route of the march along U.S. Highway 80.
The National Historic Trail follows the actual march route which began at Brown Chapel, A.M.E. Church in Selma, AL, located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Street. Follow the Trail markers to U.S. Hwy. 80 through Lowndes County, AL. Continue on U.S. Hwy. 80 to Montgomery concluding at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, AL, located on Dexter Avenue.
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail currently consists of two National Park Service interpretive centers: The Lowndes Interpretive Center in White Hall, AL and the Selma Interpretive Center in Selma, AL.
This right here is a historic OP. Thanks so much, bigtree! 
