Selma

By Lester Duarte & Jaasiel Molina

Timeline
Night March: In February 18, 1965 African Americans
were protesting to get voting rights.
Bloody Sunday: In March 7 about 600 African
Americans march to the Edmund Pettis Bridge African
Americans were protesting Jimmie Lee Jacksons
death.
March to Montgomery: This march took place on March
21-25 they did this to protest their voting rights, JLJs
death, and equality.

The overview
Selma was a time where African American marched to get their rights on voting and
civil rights. The African Americans also marched to get justice for the murder of Jimmie
Lee Jackson. Selma is a time where every African American stand up for their rights. All
of the African Americans are brave people because they did everything they can to get
their voting rights and civil rights.
African Americans did everything they can for their rights, so one person helped the
blacks planned a match to Montgomery. That person is Martin Luther KIng Jr who
planned that march. That march lead to the event of bloody Sunday as we know today.
The African Americans and Martin Luther King made Selma a historical moment.
The march to Montgomery lead a big fight called the Bloody Sunday. All of the
African Americans decided to march to the Edmund Pettis Bridge and face the police
who were waiting for them. The Bloody Sunday event was world wide news, which
helped to see that African Americans want their rights. After Bloody Sunday, there was
another protest on March 9, 1965 and it was at the same bridge. Martin tried so hard to
get the blacks right and to protect them . And final on March 21 the march began federal
protection. On March 21, 1965 the Voting Rights Act was passed and it was all

The overview (Continue)

because of Bloody Sunday.
Overall, the African Americans fought for their rights and they did everything they can
to get there. Selma helped changed America as we know today. Without Selma America
will be different. Selma also helped all the African Americans to have rights they wanted
for so long.

The Night March

In this picture these people are protesting for voting rights.

African Americans want to vote so they go and try to change that
law by doing the march. And the challenges they have to face was
getting beat up by white people.

Bloody Sunday

In this picture it shows the amount of people that came to support the march and that
they want justice for Jimmie Lee Jacksons death. And the police are trying to stop them
from doing anything since it looks like they are blocking both of the exits. It shows the
police brutality and how they would deal with the peaceful protesters and they would
have three or two police officers to beat the protesters with their weapons.

March to Montgomery

The African Americans marched to Selma to Montgomery in

1965 was a part of the Selma Voting Rights Movement. Martin
Luther King Jr wanted to do this march so he can allow blacks to
vote. The march was 50 miles.

Bloody Sunday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=K3fq79yKGaQ
In this video Martin Luther King wanted African
Americans to March to Selma to Montgomery. There were
about 500 African American marchers, marching across the
Edmund Pettus Bridge when they were stop by the police.

President Lyndon Johnson Speech on

voting rights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=MxEauRq1WxQ
In this video President Lyndon Johnson talks about how
all blacks should have the right to vote. And how the police
should not assault the African Americans just for protesting
their rights.

This is a newspaper about

when African Americans
marched to Selma to
Montgomery. And the Selma
thinks that the African
Americans will march
again.

During Bloody Sunday

The first 10 or 20 Negroes were swept to the ground screaming, arms and legs
flying and packs and bags went skittering across the grassy divider strip and on
the pavement on both sides, - New York Times
Those still on their feet retreated. The troopers pushing, using both the force of
their bodies and the prodding of their nightsticks. - New York Times
On March 7, 1965 New York Times was at the scene of Bloody Sunday. This
quotes describes how police assaulted the African Americans. The New York
Times witness this and reported it back to the news.

Jimmie Lee Jackson

by Jaasiel Molina
Jimmie was born on December 16, 1938 in Marion, Alabama.
Jimmie was shot by a former Alabama state trooper and died
February 26, 1965. He was a Civil Rights worker. Martin Luther
King made an announcement saying that the movement
will be for Jimmie Lee Jackson and for
their voting rights.

Jimmie Lee Jackson

Jimmie was supporting the civil rights and was a civil rights
worker. The Marches that MLK did were for him as well as their
own personal issues that they want to resolve. He made change
by trying to protest the arrest of James Orange and trying to
protect his mother and grandfather and he got shot. He was being
remembered for his bravery in the march.

Martin Luther King

by Lester Duarte
Martin Luther King was born on January, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther
is the guy that change America as we know today. During Selma Martin said that he
would do a march with 500+ African Americans in Selma to montgomery. Martin is
doing this march for the voting and civil rights for African Americans.
During Selma Martin Luther King wanted to help the African Americans in Selma.
What he did is that he planned a 54 mile march to Selma to montgomery. This march
was for the African Americans civil rights and voting rights, its also for in memory of
Jimmie Lee Jackson.
Martin Luther King was very important
to the people in Selma. Martin changed
Selma by speaking out to the African
Americans to stand up and fight for their
rights. Without Martins march Selma will
still not let African Americans have their
voting rights and civil rights.

Work Cited
Selma-To-Montgomery March National Park Service, WEB, Access on
March 6, 2015.
Selma March PBS Online , WEB, Access on March 1, 2015.
The Learning Network, Civil Rights Marchers Attacked in Selma New York
Times Learning Pages, March 3, 2012, The New York Time, WEB, March
5, 2015.
Semik, Renee, Selma to Montgomery March Timeline, March 4,2015
Jimmie Lee Jackson Biography Biography, WEB, March 5, 2015.
Selma, Alabama, (Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965) Black Past , WEB,
March 7, 2015