\Ne are determined to gain our rightful place
“ We are going to start a
march on the ballot boxes by
the thousands. We must be
w illing to go to ja il by the
thousands. We are not asking,
we are demanding the ballot.**
Selma 1965
January 18th - King was the first
black to register in Selma's 100 year
old hotel and the firs t to eat in a
white resturaunt.
J a n u a r y 18 ■ F a b r u a r y 2 - Q u iet
protests center a ro u n d voter
re g is tra tio n at D a lla s C o u n ty
Courthouse.
F a b ru a ry 2 n d - King leads a large
group o f marchers to the courthouse
and all are arrested.
F a b ru a ry 3rd - M alco lm X speaks
in Selma.
February 10th - 165 children hold a
march and are surrounded by trucks
and herded out o f town.
F a b r u a r y 1 8 th • Jim m ie Lee
Jackson, 18, is shot by troopers in
M arion, A la.
F e b ru a ry 2 1 a t - M a lc o lm X is
assassinated in New York City
M a rc h le t - King proposes a march
to Montgomery
M a r c h 8 th • G o v e rn o r W allace
issues orders p ro h ib itin g a march
and tells troopers to take "whatever
steps are necessary” .
M a rc h 7th • 520 marches are gassed
and beaten by state troopers. M ore
than 60 are in ju re d and 17
hospitalized. W ithin hours the beat
ings were p ub licized a ro u n d the
world. King calls another march.
M a r c h 8 th - T h e U .S . Federal
Court issues a temporary restraining
order on the march. Over 400 priests
rabbis and nuns go to Selma to par­
ticipate.
M a r c h 9 th - K ing leads 1500
demonstrators to the bridge, then by
previously arranged com prom ise,
returns them to Selma. That evening
U n ita ria n M in is te r James Reeb is
murdered.
M ounted ahariffa diapsraed aupportera w ho m at the m arch in
Montgomery.
M a r c h 1 0 th - F ou r assassins are
arrested. King withdraws because o f
friction between S C LC and SNC C.
M a r c h 1 5 th • Federal C o u rt
overturns Selma's ban on protests.
President Johnson addressed C o n ­
gress and describes his voting rights
bill.
M a r c h 16 th - James F o rm an o f
S N C C leads protest in Montgomery
and demonstrators are attacked by
mounted sheriffs.
M a r c h 17 th - King and F orem an
lead I6 0 0 m archers to Selm a
courthouse.
M a rc h 18th - 80 SNC C demonstrat­
ors are arrested for sit-in in M o n t­
gomery.
M a r c h 19 th - 380 clergym en are
arrested fo r p ic ke tin g Selm a
m ayor's home. President Johnson
federalizes the A la b a m a N a tio n a l
Guard.
M a r c h 2 1 a t • F iv e-d ay m arch to
Montgomery begins.
M a y 25th The march arrives at the
Capitol Building in Montgomery.
' ‘ Like an idea whose time
has come, not even the
marching o f m ighty armies
can halt us. W e’ re moving to
the land of freedom.’ ’
Mournara Join In memorial procaaaion for Rav. Jamaa Raab. Unitarian mlniatar
who waa killed by Kian mambara after hla arrival In Salma to aid In the demonstra
tiona
"But if physical death is the price that a
man must pay to free his children and his
white brethren from a permanent death of
the spirit, then nothing could be more
redemptive."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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in the dignity and equality
o f all mankind. We believe
in Martin Luther King and
in his dream
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