Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb.It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches which were initiated and directed by James Bevel [5] [6] and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis.The film stars actors David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim …

Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. [4] About 80% of the population is African-American. Selma was a trading center and market town during the antebellum years of King Cotton in the …

Jan 9, 2015 · Selma: Directed by Ava DuVernay. With David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Jim France, Trinity Simone. A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

Jan 28, 2010 · 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. The historic 54-mile march ...

Mar 9, 2025 · Even though beaten back on Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, they came back and eventually completed the 54-mile trek to Montgomery, 25,000 people strong on March 25, 1965.

Mar 9, 2025 · Selma, city and seat (1866) of Dallas county in Alabama. In March 1965 it was the center of an African American voter-registration drive led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Local violence against civil rights activists, most famously at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, led to a massive protest march from Selma to Montgomery.

Selma is located high on the banks of the Alabama River in Dallas County of which it is the county seat. The city is best known for the Battle of Selma and for the Selma to Montgomery Marches. 334-876-1220

From the Oscar-winning producers of 12 Years a Slave and acclaimed director Ava DuVernay comes the true story of courage and hope that changed the world fore...

Apr 15, 2025 · Bloody Sunday occurred on Sunday, March 7, 1965, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. In the aftermath of the Alabama state troopers’ murder of civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson in February 1965, over 500 protesters gathered in Selma to demand the right to vote. They planned to march over 49 miles from Selma to Montgomery and hold a rally on …