Selma to Montgomery March Byway-State Capitol
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This is the last stop of the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery March.
Waymark Code: WMDEJE
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2012
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The march which ended at the State Capitol was the third march and started March 16. The marchers averaged 10 miles (16 km) a day along U.S. Route 80, known in Alabama as the "Jefferson Davis Highway". Protected by 2,000 soldiers of the U.S. Army, 1,900 members of the Alabama National Guard under Federal command, and many FBI agents and Federal Marshals, they arrived in Montgomery on March 24, and at the Alabama Capitol building on March 25.
The route is memorialized as the Selma To Montgomery Voting Rights Trail.
On Thursday, March 25, 25,000 people marched from St. Jude to the steps of the State Capitol Building where King delivered the speech "How Long, Not Long." "The end we seek," King told the crowd, "is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. ... I know you are asking today, How long will it take? I come to say to you this afternoon however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long."
Sources: Wikipedia
Program: America's Byways
Website: [Web Link]
Official Name: Selma to Montgomery March Byway
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