Alabama Quote by John Lewis

In 1965, the attempted march from Selma to Montgomery on March 7th was planned to dramatize to the state of Alabama and to the…

— John Lewis

On March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights activists marched in Selma, Alabama, demanding an end to racial discrimination. The demonstration was led by…

— Martin Luther King III

In Selma, Alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. The only place you could attempt to…

— John Lewis

Selma helped make it possible for hundreds and thousands of people in the South to become registered voters and encouraged people all across America…

— John Lewis

“In 1965, as Ralph Gleason has reported, when Martin Luther King's march on Selma, Alabama, was brutally attacked by local and state constabulary, Louis…

— Nat Hentoff

“I had no way of predicting that Selma to Montgomery was indeed to be the last great civil rights march of the era, and…

— Junius Williams

I hope March is a guide for today's activists. It took raw courage for young people to volunteer to go to Mississippi in the…

— Andrew Aydin

“We were still confined to that corner. More and more people joined us, some black and some white. On the second day, we awoke…

— Junius Williams

When we started making 'Selma,' the Black Lives Matter movement didn't exist. The parallels between Martin Luther King staging these marches, suffering police brutality...…

— Stephan James

I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev.…

— Charles B. Rangel

There are many photos of Catholic priests and nuns marching in the Civil Rights movement, most notably at the March on Selma, Ala. in…

— Anthea Butler

“They listened to a series of speeches by civil rights luminaries, capped off by a rousing, crowd-pleasing address by Martin Luther King. While the…

— Stephen M. Ward