The Selma to Montgomery march was a series of protests along the 54-mile route from Selma to the capital of Montgomery in 1965, where the protesters walked around the clock for three days. It helped highlight the racist policies that the state of Alabama imposed on its Black residents, in particular when attempting to register as voters. It was also notorious for the participation of Martin Luther King Jr., who had won the Nobel Prize in 1964.
It is widely attributed to be one of the forces behind the drafting of the Voting Rights Act.
