The Third Time They Marched: Selma to Montgomery, March 21, 1965
On March 21, 1965, thousands set out from Selma to Montgomery under federal guard — the march that forced America to guarantee the vote.
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The Day Montgomery's Buses Ran Empty
On December 5, 1955, Montgomery's Black residents stayed off the city's buses — and a 26-year-old preacher named Martin Luther King Jr. found his voice.