MARCH FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY
MARCH FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY
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On March 21, 1965, Dr. King led a group of 3,200 demonstrators out of Selma under the protection of federalized Alabama National Guard troops, regular army military police units, federal marshals, and members of law enforcement.
On March 21, 1965, Dr. King led a group of 3,200 demonstrators out of Selma under the protection of federalized Alabama National Guard troops, regular army military police units, federal marshals, and members of law enforcement.
On March 25, 1965, Dr. King addressed a crowd of 25,000 in front of the Alabama State Capitol at the conclusion of the march from Selma to Montgomery. Watch a clip of his speech below:
On March 25, 1965, Dr. King addressed a crowd of 25,000 in front of the Alabama State Capitol at the conclusion of the march from Selma to Montgomery. Watch a clip of his speech below:
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Last Sunday, more than eight thousand of us started on a mighty walk from Selma, Alabama.
They told us we wouldn’t get here. And there were those who said that we would get here only over their dead bodies, (Well. Yes, sir. Talk) but all the world today knows that we are here and we are standing before the forces of power in the state of Alabama saying, "We ain’t goin’ let nobody turn us around."
Today I want to tell the city of Selma, (Tell them, Doctor) today I want to say to the state of Alabama, (Yes, sir) today I want to say to the people of America and the nations of the world, that we are not about to turn around. (Yes, sir) We are on the move now. (Yes, sir)
Yes, we are on the move and no wave of racism can stop us. (Yes, sir) We are on the move now. The burning of our churches will not deter us. (Yes, sir) The bombing of our homes will not dissuade us. (Yes, sir) We are on the move now. (Yes, sir) The beating and killing of our clergymen and young people will not divert us. We are on the move now. (Yes, sir) The wanton release of their known murderers would not discourage us. We are on the move now. (Yes, sir) Like an idea whose time has come, (Yes, sir) not even the marching of mighty armies can halt us. (Yes, sir) We are moving to the land of freedom. (Yes, sir)
I know you are asking today, "How long will it take?" (Speak, sir) Somebody’s asking, "How long will prejudice blind the visions of men..."
I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, (Yes, sir) however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, (No sir) because "truth crushed to earth will rise again." (Yes, sir)
How long? Not long, (Yes, sir) because "no lie can live forever." (Yes, sir)
How long? Not long, (All right. How long) because "you shall reap what you sow." (Yes, sir)
How long? (How long?) Not long: (Not long)
Truth forever on the scaffold, (Speak)
Wrong forever on the throne, (Yes, sir)
Yet that scaffold sways the future, (Yes, sir)
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above his own.
How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. (Yes, sir)
To read the entire speech, visit the King Institute at Stanford University
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