The Importance Of The Selma To Montgomery March

In the early 1960s the civil rights movement was in full swing. In 1965 the Selma to Montgomery March occurred. Over 25,000 supporters Marched for the voting rights for African Americans in the south. This March resulted in the beginning of change and helped end white supremacy. The march on Selma was a stand for justice and equality for blacks in the act of peaceful protest for the right to vote. Equality are we really equal? As a child growing up in our home my mother and grandmother instill in us “ all men are created equal in the sight of God” many times I've wonder is that really true or is it still a figment of my imagination. On the 21st March 1965 Reverend Martin Luther King a civil rights leader and thousands of others marched …show more content…
This was a March for everyone, young 17 year old John Rankin was a high school student.” I will never forget how scared I was” says Rankin,” everybody was afraid. I thought maybe I was going to lose my life that day on Bloody Sunday going across that bridge (Upfront Lottie Joiner) many more like him some as young as 13 thought they were going to die. Was this necessary? In our society today we are still struggling for equality, and justice, we are far from reaching that light that will bring us out of the darkness.The Civil Rights Movement began in order to bring equal rights and equal voting rights to black citizens of the US. This was accomplished through persistent demonstrations, one of these being the Adams