A ranar 7 ga Maris, 1965, da aiki a kan Bevel ta shirin, Hosea Williams na SCLC da Yahaya Lewis na SNCC ya jagoranci wani Maris na 600 mutane su yi tafiya da 54 miles (87 km) daga Selma zuwa jihar babban birnin kasar a Montgomery. shida tubalan a cikin Maris, a Edmund Pettus Bridge inda masu zanga-zanga bar birnin da kuma koma cikin gundumar, Jihar sojojin da kuma na gida gundumar dokar tilasta yin aiki, wasu hawa a kan doki, suka kai hari a kan m masu zanga-zanga da billy clubs, hawaye gas, roba bututu nannade a barbed waya, da kuma bull lashes.
Amelia Boynton Robinson (mai suna)