Selma Al civil rights ordeal begins...
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February 04, 1965
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, February 4, 1965
* Selma & Marion MS demonstrations
* Civil Rights - Voting
* Martin Luther King Jr.
This 50 page newspaper has a banner headline above the masthead:
"800 More Demonstrators Jailed in Ala."
with subheads that include: "Over 800 Demonstrators Arrested in Alabama" and related photo. (see)
1st report coverage on the arrest of many negro school children in Selma & Marion Mississippi where Martin Luther King Jr. had a voter registration campaign set up. This was just before the famous marches from Selma to Montgomery a few weeks later.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Nice condition.
* Selma & Marion MS demonstrations
* Civil Rights - Voting
* Martin Luther King Jr.
This 50 page newspaper has a banner headline above the masthead:
"800 More Demonstrators Jailed in Ala."
with subheads that include: "Over 800 Demonstrators Arrested in Alabama" and related photo. (see)
1st report coverage on the arrest of many negro school children in Selma & Marion Mississippi where Martin Luther King Jr. had a voter registration campaign set up. This was just before the famous marches from Selma to Montgomery a few weeks later.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
