Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
In December 1965, a city of tents appeared on this site. The temporary shelters were homes for evicted black sharecropper families. These farmers worked and lived their lives on white-owned farms in Lowndes County. But when they dared to register to vote, following passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, white landowners ran them from their homes and livelihood.HM Number | HM24EU |
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Year Placed | 2015 |
Placed By | The National Park Service, Department of the Interior |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Sunday, January 7th, 2018 at 1:02pm PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 525691 N 3570457 |
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Decimal Degrees | 32.27055000, -86.72720000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 16.233', W 86° 43.632' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 16' 13.98" N, 86° 43' 37.92" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 334 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 7153 US-80, Hayneville AL 36040, US |
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