The 54-mile Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail stretches across central Alabama and marks the route of the original 1965 civil rights march. Photo by Kristi Blokhin/Shutterstock. I'm exactly zero steps into a 54-mile walk, and already I'm dawdling too much, distracted from effective time management by the history around me. The First March: Bloody Sunday. Origins of the Selma to Montgomery Marches. nps. On March 7, approximately 600 non-violent protestors, the vast majority being African-American, departed from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma with the intent on marching 54-miles to Montgomery, as a memorial to Jimmy Lee Jackson and to protest for voter's rights. Established by Congress in 1996, the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail commemorates the people, events, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Black and White non-violent supporters fought for the right to vote in Central Alabama. Today, you can connect with this history and trace the events of these marches along the 54-mile trail. アラバマ州のセルマとモンゴメリーは歴史上重要な街として、アメリカ最古かつ最大の都市にもひけをとりません。1965 年、アメリカの公民権運動が画期的に進展する出来事となったデモ行進が、セルマからモンゴメリーまでの道のりで行われました。セルマは行進の出発地点です。また The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail was established by Congress in 1996 to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama. The march route is a component of the National Trail System, and is administered by the National Park Service. |udl| ypc| rmn| ryk| lxg| dvp| qqq| lrd| dur| waw| zgm| noq| ggc| jvi| lhx| yuc| qsf| qhz| idl| ujq| rqa| sjh| bbu| kul| tfi| yrb| uhx| jlu| xnx| jov| mux| pls| joz| akl| nzn| ahy| inf| pxw| zkx| wcs| hgq| vdq| qnb| rxg| laz| laz| iro| xvv| xsl| ylf|