The Selma to Montgomery march was part of a series of civil rights protests that occurred in 1965 in Alabama, a Southern state with deeply entrenched racist policies. In March of that year, in an effort to register black voters in the South, protesters marching the 54-mile route from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were confronted with deadly violence from local authorities and white vigilante groups. As the world watched, the protesters—under the protection of federalized National Guar

See how different Montgomery looked in the 1937. This clip has great views of downtown and Dexter Avenue from earlier days and some quite quaint narration. for more- http://alabamapioneers.com/southern-states-that-seceded-from-the-usa/ | Alabama Pioneers

"It's been about all of the hopes and dreams that we have," says Steven Reed, who will be the first Black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama. | AJ