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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24EO_turning-point_Selma-AL.html
By early 1964, the Dallas County Voters League (DCVL) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) efforts to organize for voting rights had reached a turning point. In July 1964 Judge James Hare, pressured by Selma law enforcement to qu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24EN_a-grassroots-movement_Selma-AL.html
For centuries, Selma was a city where the rules of race
were enforced by humiliation and fear. But Selma gave
birth to one of the greatest grassroots campaigns in
history—the voting rights movement. The Selma to
Montgomery march was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24EM_sanctuary-to-stage_Selma-AL.html
The shooting of Jimmie Lee Jackson in nearby Marion, Alabama, transformed Brown Chapel from a sanctuary into a staging area for the Selma march, In a passionate sermon SCLC worker James Bevel suggested making a pilgrimage to the State Capitol to h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24EL_george-washington-carver-neighborhood_Selma-AL.html
The George Washington Carver neighborhood served as base camp for the votings rights movement during the tumultuous weeks of March 1965. These blocks of brick two-story homes—the city's first and largest federal housing project for blacks, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24EK_first-baptist-church_Selma-AL.html
First Baptist was the first church in Selma to open its doors to members of the Dallas County Voters League as well as to young activists from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. From 1963 to 1965, under the leadership of Reverend M.C. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24EF_lewis-scott_Selma-AL.html
At the age of 20, Lewis lost his sight in 1957 from Glaucoma. He learned the
language of braille, other independent living and vocational skills during his
attendance at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega, Alabama.
Lew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24EA_george-washington-carver-homes-projects_Selma-AL.html
In 1952, the City of Selma accepted federal funds to build the George Washington Carver Homes Projects. The residences became "The Face of the Civil Rights Movement" to many in the 1960s because Dr. King, the Southern Christian Leadershi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23XK_the-honorable-john-lewis_Selma-AL.html
Honoring:
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23XJ_in-memory-of-reverend-hosea-williams-sr_Selma-AL.html
Leader of
The Selma-Montgomery March
"Bloody Sunday", March 7, 1965
He Fed the Hungry
"Unbossed and Unbought"
1926-2000
Presented by
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. Inc.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now
Evelyn G. Lowery, Founder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23XI_honoring-amelia-boynton-robinson-marie-foster_Selma-AL.html
The Selma-Montgomery March
"Bloody Sunday", March 7, 1965
Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement
Before and Beyond the Bridge
Didn't Let Nothing Turn Them Around!
Presented by
The Evelyn Gibson Lowery Heritage Tour
and SCLC/W.O.M.…