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

On February 14, 1957, in the wake of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a new movement was born — the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Founded under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow ministers committed to justice, SCLC emerged not as just an organization, but as a moral force dedicated to nonviolent direct action, voting rights, economic justice, and the beloved community. For nearly seven decades, SCLC has stood on the frontlines of history — from Birmingham to Selma, f