In the name of African American voting rights, 3,200 civil rights demonstrators in Alabama, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders, began a historic march from Selma to Montgomery on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965. Federalized Alabama National Guardsmen and FBI agents were on hand to provide safe passage for the march. To learn more, visit https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march | HISTORY

40K views · 510 reactions | Saturday 8pm & midnight ET on C-SPAN3 Lectures in History: African American Women & Civil Rights University of Delaware professor Tiffany Gill describes how gathering places such as beauty parlors functioned as a safe place for women to organize sit-ins, voter registration drives, and boycotts. IMAGE: Delaware Historical Society SERIES: https://www.c-span.org/series/?lecturesInHistory | American History TV | Facebook

57K views · 1.1K reactions | "Moses stands up, bleeding...'You ready to go register to vote?'" Sit in on a class with Carol Anderson and learn about efforts in the early 1960s to register African American voters in Mississippi. Watch, Saturday at 8pm ET on C-SPAN 3. | American History TV | Facebook