
1965 Selma to Montgomery March Fast Facts
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Read CNN's Fast Facts on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement
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Throughout March of 1965, a group of demonstrators faced violence as they attempted to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand the right to vote for black people.

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