Civil rights march in Montgomery, Alabama

1965

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138 Slides.

This collection contains slides taken on 25 March 1965. They are of the trip taken by people from Boulder and Denver, Colorado who chartered an airplane to Montgomery, Alabama, for the demonstration following the historic civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. There is a total of 138 slides, with 63 of the best images numbered and described (on separate typed pages) for a presentation on the event. There is also a passenger manifest listing the forty-four participants from Boulder, Broomfield, Erie, and Nederland.

On March 21, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King led 3,200 people on a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. On March 25th, they arrived in the capital where they were joined by an additional 25,000 supporters. They carried a petition demanding equal rights to the capital building, yet Gov. Wallace refused to meet with them. Five days later, Wallace met with a delegation of protesters and accepted the petition.

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Photographs.

Pruett, Frederec A., 1986

African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Selma--History--20th century
Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma--History--20th century

Civil rights march in Montgomery, Alabama