In March 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest voting restrictions for blacks. Five months later, Congress passed the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 enforcing the right granted to all Americans by the 15th Amendment to the Constitution.
In 2005, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities presents this timely, community-building trio of events that will bring sustained attention to these important issues.
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