Today in History for March 21: MLK begins march from Selma to Montgomery
Here are some memorable moments of this day in history:
1965: Civil rights demonstrators led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. begin a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. It happens weeks after marchers pushing for voting rights in the south are attacked in Selma. The marching leads to the passing of the Voting Rights Act months later.
1960: In South Africa, police fire on a crowd of black people in what becomes known as the Sharpeville massacre. Sixty-nine people are killed, 180 are injured.
1989: Wrongly incarcerated Randall Dale Adams is released from prison following a dozen years behind bars. Adams' conviction of killing a police officer was overturned after the documentary, "The Thin Blue Line," challenged evidence in the case.
1685: Musician Johann Sebastian Bach is born in Germany.
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