Near Selma in Dallas County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Honoring: Amelia Boynton Robinson - Marie Foster

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 12, 2015

1. Honoring: Amelia Boynton Robinson - Marie Foster Marker

Inscription.
The Selma-Montgomery March
"Bloody Sunday", March 7, 1965
Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement
Before and Beyond the Bridge
Didn't Let Nothing Turn Them Around!
Presented by
The Evelyn Gibson Lowery Heritage Tour
and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., Inc.
Women's Organization Movement for Equality Now
Evelyn G. Lowery, Founder/Chair
National Voting Rights
Museum and Institute
Rose Toure, President
March 6, 2005

Erected 2005 by The Evelyn Gibson Lowery Heritage Tour and SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1965.

Location. 32° 24.183′ N, 87° 1.01′ W. Marker is near Selma, Alabama, in Dallas County. It is on Business U.S. 80 north of Old Montgomery Highway, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7 US-80, Selma AL 36701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf

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of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Honorable John Lewis (here, next to this marker); Lynching in America / Lynching in Selma (here, next to this marker); In Memory of Reverend Hosea Williams, Sr. (here, next to this marker); "Builders of Movements and Monuments" (here, next to this marker); Civil Rights Memorial Park (a few steps from this marker); Edmund Pettus Bridge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of Selma-Dallas County’s 1st Bridge 1884-1940 (approx. ¼ mile away); Water Avenue (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Selma.

More about this marker. Located at the southern end of the Edmund Pettus bridge in the Selma Civil Rights Memorial Park.

Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia article on Amelia Boynton Robinson. (Submitted on December 18, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. Wikipedia article on Marie Foster.

Far right monument of three with the Alabama River just beyond the trees. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 12, 2015

2. Far right monument of three with the Alabama River just beyond the trees.

(Submitted on December 18, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

The Edmund Pettus Bridge, just beyond the marker on far left background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 25, 2015

3. The Edmund Pettus Bridge, just beyond the marker on far left background.

Amelia Boynton Robinson (wearing light blue, in wheelchair). image. Click for full size.

Public Domain, March 7, 2015

4. Amelia Boynton Robinson (wearing light blue, in wheelchair).

Amelia Boynton Robinson at the start of the procession across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 2015, the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. John Lewis is on Obama's right.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 7, 2018. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 958 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 18, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.