#SelmaMovement - Twitter Hashtag

Charles Nelson -Micheaux @CharlesMicheaux

over 1 year ago

#SelmaMovement Today, I think of Viola Liuzzo #BlackHistory She lost her life while fighting for voting rights on behalf of 22 million Black Americans. The death of Viola Liuzzo pushed the government to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Viola was killed March 25, 1965.

CharlesMicheaux's tweet photo. #SelmaMovement
Today, I think of Viola Liuzzo
#BlackHistory
She lost her life while fighting for voting rights on behalf of 22 million
Black Americans.
The death of Viola Liuzzo pushed the government to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Viola was killed March 25, 1965. https://t.co/pcguN5HGuP

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NatCivilRightsMuseum @NCRMuseum

over 1 year ago

#OTD in 1965, over 250 protesters, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were arrested in Selma, Alabama. Join us in remembering their bravery and learn more about the #SelmaMovement at our museum. Image Credit: Clarion Ledger/Wisconsin Muslim Journal/Getty