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Honoring the 55th Anniversary of the Selma March

This year marks the 55th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights. Hundreds of activists, students and educators organized and marched bravely in the face of racist violence and arrests. Use these resources to teach how the Selma organizers achieved one of the most significant victories of the civil rights era: the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Film Kit, Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot, Civil Rights, Voting Rights
film kit

Selma | The Bridge to the Ballot

The film tells the story of a courageous group of students and teachers who, along with other activists, fought a nonviolent battle to win voting rights for African Americans in the South. (Available for order)
text

Jimmie Lee Jackson

This essay was first published in Free At Last: A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the Struggle in 1989.
professional development

The Right to Vote (Transcript)

This transcript of NBC’s 2004 story “The Right to Vote” highlights the events leading up to the Selma-to-Montgomery march, with firsthand accounts from Rep. John Lewis.

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