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Man Narrator: In early 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. went on a selma march with the community and marched for their freedom and rights.

Martin Luther King Jr.: So we’re going to walk to the end of the street, through the army of cops and march for our freedom, are you with me.

Citizens: Yes!

[ crowd cheers]

Woman Narrator: On 25 March 1965, Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, where local African Americans, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Martin Luther King Jr.: Coretta today was a horrible day the

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