March to Freedom

Marching for equal voting rights for African Americans, on March 25, 1965 over 25,000 marchers from all over the country concluded a four-day Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

 Africa Americans participating in the march, suffered and overcame brutal assaults while marching to their destination site, the Alabama Capitol Building.

On August 6, 1965, 5 months later, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, one of the most successful additions of the Civil Rights legislation ever adopted by the United States Congress.

March on My Brothers and My Sisters!