People

It was through the perseverance and dedication of average Black citizens alongside famous civil rights organizers, that the Selma to Montgomery March was a success.
Learn more about the individuals that played a role in this history:

 

Jimmie Lee Jackson

Jackson's death sparked the movement and led to the march that became known as Bloody Sunday.

John Hulett

John Hulett was the president of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization and became the first Black sheriff in the majority Black county.

Rev. James Reeb

Rev. Reeb came to Selma to participate in the Turnaround Tuesday March. He was fatally wounded that night by white supremacists.

Amelia Boynton-Robinson

Mrs. Amelia Boynton was an instrumental civil rights leader in Selma, AL.

Rev. F. D. Reese

Rev. F. D. Reese was a leader of the Dallas County Voters League during the Alabama voting rights movement.

Viola Liuzzo

Liuzzo traveled from Detroit, MI to help with the Selma to Montgomery March. She was killed by klansmen on the last day of the march.

Bernard LaFayette

As a SNCC field agent, LaFayette arrived in Selma in 1963 to assist with the ongoing voting rights movement there.

Colia Liddell LaFayette Clark

As a fellow SNCC field secretary with her then husband, Bernard LaFayette, she helped organize the voting rights movement in Alabama.

James "Jim" Forman

James Forman was a field secretary with SNCC during the Selma to Montgomery Marches where he organized the "Second Front" in Montgomery.