This year, many of the conversations surrounding Martin Luther King, Jr. Day have involved the new movie “Selma,” about the historic marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama in 1965.

People across the country are remembering civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Monday. Part of his legacy includes leading a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery in March ...

Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery, Alabama state capital building on March 25, 1965 in Montgomery ...

During Selma's 60th ... 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights. She and several other Black teenagers were with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that day, taking ...

MLK Jr. Day is a federal holiday ... communities were holding commemorative parades and marches to honor the iconic marches from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965 that helped ...

In 1965, he helped organize the Selma to Montgomery marches. King was assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025 will be observed on ...

Fikes’ deep roots in the Civil Rights Movement date from the 1960s. As a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating ...

Google Doodle celebrates the 96th birthday of renowned civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a ... including the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and the Selma to Montgomery March.

Linda Lowery was just 14 years old in 1965 when she marched 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery ... Black teenagers were with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that day, taking it upon themselves ...