Category: Black Belt

The swath of formerly rich farmland from Meridian, Mississippi to Tuskegee, Alabama. So-called for its black soil and for its slave-holding plantations

Throwback Thursday: March 21, 1965

March 21, 2019

It was 54 years ago today that the Selma-to-Montgomery March began in earnest, after two other attempts earlier that month. This time, a court order from Judge Frank M. Johnson,… Read more Throwback Thursday: March 21, 1965 →