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Freedom March
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On the obverse is shown the now famous "Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church" in Selma, Alabama. The civil rights marchers, who came from all over the United States and some foreign countries, are shown in front of the church - held there by manned police and rope barricades. They gathered there and stayed for weeks - praying, singing, and attempting to break out to march on the Dallas County Court House or to Montgomery, Alabama. On the reverse - in the lower left side - is shown the famous "Edmund Pettus Bridge." The marchers are seen crossing it and passing onto Highway 80 and marching on to Montgomery, Alabama. The crowds are shown massing in front of the Alabama State Capitol, also known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy." In the center of the reverse is shown four large figures - a Negro, a priest, a nun, and a one-legged cripple. Hanging in the air over the four is a U.S. helicopter. This signifies the protection given the Freedom Marchers by the U.S. Government. |
This coin is the most collectable item from the Civil Rights Movement!
The coins were minted by two Selma men in 1966 and sold by newspapers and magazine ads through a post office box under a company called "Black Belt Sales". Very few people ever knew who the two men were. After a couple of years, they discontinued the sales, and the remainder of them were put in a shed. They were found in 1992 and put back on sale.
The march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama was led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This march, without a doubt, triggered the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Voting Act, and will be remembered in history.
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