Selma to Montgomery March End

Some 25,000 civil rights demonstrators crowded Dexter Avenue in front of the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery on March 25, 1965, as the Selma to Montgomery March came to an end. The march was made possible by a judicial decision by Judge Frank M. Johnson.

An estimated 30,000 civil rights marchers filling the street in front of the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery, March 25, 1965
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
An estimated 30,000 civil rights marchers filling the street in front of the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery, March 25, 1965