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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/HM1J55_st-james-hotel_Selma-AL.html
following the Battle of Selma, April 2, 1865. This occupation protected the hotel from the arson and looting in the first 24 hours that destroyed much of downtown. In the next week Wilson methodically burned the huge military/industrial complex th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J54_sgt-robert-weakley-patton_Selma-AL.html
Patton, a member of Shockley's Escort Company of the University of Alabama, was killed in a clash with the 4th Iowa Cavalry at the corner of Washington Street and Alabama Avenue. In November 1865 his father, Robert Miller Patton, was elected the 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EIB_i-had-a-dream_Selma-AL.html
The demonstration that led to the most important advance in civil rights for millions of Black Americans began here March 21, 1965. It was the 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, the State Capital. Defying threats of death, Dr. Mar…
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