The Selma to Montgomery March was a major event in the black’s fight for freedom. The fight for the right to vote, equal representation, and an end to segregation was essential for them, when the Civil Rights Movement was taking place. They wanted to end the atrocities that were being committed towards black people. However, later on in the Civil Rights Movement, they received the support of many whites. Thousands of people in Alabama crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma into Montgomery to recreate a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
There were many events that occured after the Selma to Montgomery March. A twenty-six year old Church Deacon, named Jimmie Lee Jackson attempted to protect his mother from a trooper’s nightstick. Eight days later, Jackson was found to be dead. He died in the Selma hospital. This tragedy soon led to a march that took place in honor of …show more content…
On March twenty-first, about two-thousand people set out from Selma preserved by U.S Army troops and Alabama National Guard Forces that were ordered under Federal control. The marchers walked twelve hours a day and slept in fields along the way. They eventually reached Montgomery on March twenty-fifth. More or less, 50,000 supporters, black and white, had an encounter with the marchers where they assembled in front of the state capitol to hear Martin Luther King and other speakers incorporating, Ralph Bunche, who was the winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize, collar the crowd. King proclaimed, “No tide of racism can stop us,” from the building’s steps, as viewers worldwide, watched the remarkable moment on television. This act opened doors for many people. Doors that had hope, world peace, and solitude waiting on the other side. When the whites joined the blacks, in support of their voting rights, these doors were
There were many events that occured after the Selma to Montgomery March. A twenty-six year old Church Deacon, named Jimmie Lee Jackson attempted to protect his mother from a trooper’s nightstick. Eight days later, Jackson was found to be dead. He died in the Selma hospital. This tragedy soon led to a march that took place in honor of …show more content…
On March twenty-first, about two-thousand people set out from Selma preserved by U.S Army troops and Alabama National Guard Forces that were ordered under Federal control. The marchers walked twelve hours a day and slept in fields along the way. They eventually reached Montgomery on March twenty-fifth. More or less, 50,000 supporters, black and white, had an encounter with the marchers where they assembled in front of the state capitol to hear Martin Luther King and other speakers incorporating, Ralph Bunche, who was the winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize, collar the crowd. King proclaimed, “No tide of racism can stop us,” from the building’s steps, as viewers worldwide, watched the remarkable moment on television. This act opened doors for many people. Doors that had hope, world peace, and solitude waiting on the other side. When the whites joined the blacks, in support of their voting rights, these doors were