Martin Luther King Jr. (center, right), Ralph Abernathy (center, left), John Lewis (far left), and others wait on Sylvan Street in Selma, Dallas County, to begin the march on March 21, 1965.
March Leaders Prepare to Start
![Martin Luther King and other at Selma to Montgomery March](https://bunny-wp-pullzone-5vqgtgkbhi.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MLK-and-Nun-copy.jpg)
Photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by Alabama Media Group.
![Martin Luther King and other at Selma to Montgomery March](https://bunny-wp-pullzone-5vqgtgkbhi.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MLK-and-Nun-copy.jpg)