March 22, 1965 - 3,200 civil rights demonstrators, led by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and under protection of a federalized National Guard, began a third attempt at a week-long march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol at Montgomery in support of voting rights for black Americans.

A week before, the march had been violently stopped before leaving Selma. People from all over the country arrived to support the effort for enfranchisement of African Americans in the South whose right to vote had been systematically denied.

#Selma #Montgomery #SelmaMontgomeryMarch

Today in Labor History March 21, 1965: 3,200 people began the third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest racial violence. Earlier efforts to hold the march had failed when police attacked demonstrators and a minister was fatally beaten by a group of Selma whites. The five-day walk ended March 26, when 20,000 people joined the marchers in front of the Alabama state Capitol in Montgomery. This time they were defended by national guards and FBI agents. Soon after, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

#workingClass #LaborHistory #civilrights #MartinLutherKing #racism #JimCrow #fbi #votingrights #selma #montgomery #alabama #policebrutality #police #BlackMastodon

Say what now?🤔What tf is going on in #Selma? 🤔 I do notice that some ppl want to use the #civilrights movement to keep from being at the bottom in the U.S. A lot of immigrants arrive in the U.S. with more money, on avg, than most Black Americans regardless of how they got it. But any dismissiveness will not be tolerated. The #immigration laws changed to allow for more immigrants right after America was forced to treat Black ppl as full citizens.🤔

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clips cr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlYYgl5jGeU

“Bloody Sunday,” one of the most violent marches of the Civil Rights Movement took place 61 years ago in Selma, Ala. It was sparked by the killing of farmer and protester Jimmie Lee Jackson. @TheRoot looks back at what happened that day and what the march fought for:

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Today in Labor History March 7, 1965: “Bloody Sunday" occurred in Selma, Alabama, with state troopers attacking civil rights marchers. People had been protesting the disenfranchisement of African American voters. From January-February, 1965, the police arrested over 3,000 protesters. On February 26, the police murdered activist and deacon Jimmie Lee Jackson. In response, organizers planned a march from Selma to Montgomery.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #selma #BloodySunday #CivilRights #PoliceBrutality #police #racism #murder

"The many dangers LaFayette faced included an assassination attempt on the same night Medgar Evers was murdered in Mississippi, in what the FBI said was a conspiracy to kill civil rights workers. LaFayette was beaten outside his home before his assailant pointed a gun at him..."

"LaFayette grew up in Tampa, Florida, where he recalled trying to board a trolley with his grandmother when he was 7 years old. Black passengers had to pay at the front, then walk to the back to climb on. But the conductor began to pull away before they could board, and his grandmother fell. He was too little to help.

"He was beaten in Montgomery, Alabama, and arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, becoming one of more than 300 Freedom Riders sent to Parchman Prison...

"Several of King’s marches were attacked by white mobs..."
https://apnews.com/article/bernard-lafayette-voting-rights-organizer-dies-f2f526a1a0b911edb9ef3c219cee77e8
#sncc #BernardLaFayette #selma #ushistory #obit

Dine and Dish: Grapewood Grill in Selma

SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) — Where’s there’s smoke, there’s often fire and juicy BBQ. That’s what brought us to Grapewood Grill on Front Street in Selma. “The grapewood makes a little bit of a difference,” says co-owner Jordan Aranjo. “It puts a little different flavor on it. …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2542470/dine-and-dish-grapewood-grill-in-selma/