Established: November 12, 1996
Managing Agency: National Park Service
Map of the Selma to Montgomery NHT courtesy NPS.
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail traces the 54-mile route of the 1965 Voting Rights March led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Central Alabama. Notable historic sites include Brown Chapel AME Church, the Edmund Pettus Bridge (the site of the “Bloody Sunday” confrontation between protestors and law enforcement), and the Alabama State Capitol Building.
Western Terminus: Selma, Alabama
Eastern Terminus: Montgomery, Alabama