Selma to Montgomery marches happened in 1965.

dress up as the selma and go on the montgomery march?

John Lewis is remembered for the Selma to Montgomery marches and March on Washington for Jobs and freedom of 1963.

Selma, Alabama was chosen as a focal point for civil rights activism due to its segregated society and history of racial tensions. Events such as the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965 highlighted the struggles of African Americans in the fight for equality and voting rights in the American South.

"Selma" the movie is a historical drama that focuses on the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King Jr., while the book "Selma, Lord, Selma" is a work of historical fiction that tells the story of the marches through the eyes of a young girl named Sheyann Webb. The movie provides a cinematic dramatization of the events, while the book offers a more personalized and fictionalized account from the perspective of a child participant.