Selma, Alabama

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Selma, Alabama, captured the attention of the entire nation and became the center of a decisive shift in the American conscience. The nexus of the voting rights campaign of the 1960s, Selma was the starting point for three marches in support of African-Americans’ right to vote. These marches were crucial to the eventual passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The act prohibited racial discrimination in voting, protecting the right to vote for racial minorities in the U.S. and especially in the American South. –www.civilrightstrail.com

Stops Along the Tour

Viola Liuzzo’s Memorial

Lowndes Interpretative Center

March from Selma to Montgomery

Brown Chapel AME Church

Brown Chapel AME Church

The gathering place for the march on “Bloody Sunday”

Edmund Pettus Bridge

The site for “Bloody Sunday”