Selma to Montgomery marches

==Representation in media==
* ''State of Alabama'' (1965), a propaganda film made by [[Keitz & Herndon]] for the [[Alabama State Sovereignty Commission]] (ASSC project)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyman |first=Brian |date=February 10, 2019 |title='State of Alabama:' The racist anti-Selma film, and the secret state commission that funded it |url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/02/10/state-alabama-bizarre-anti-selma-film-and-state-commissions-funded/2778875002/ |website=Montgomery Advertiser}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Invoice from Keitz & Herndon, Inc., for work done on a film about the Selma-to-Montgomery march, which was produced by the Alabama Sovereignty Commission |url=https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/voices/id/7363 |website=Alabama Textual Materials Collection, Alabama Department of Archives and History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Katagiri |first=Yasuhiro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiFfDwAAQBAJ&dq=Keitz+&pg=PA328 |title=Black Freedom, White Resistance, and Red Menace: Civil Rights and Anticommunism in the Jim Crow South |year=2014 |publisher=LSU Press |isbn=9780807153147 |page=328 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
* ''[[Eyes on the Prize]]'' (1987) is a 14-hour [[PBS]] documentary narrated by [[Julian Bond]] and produced by PBS. The sixth episode, "Bridge to Freedom", explores the Selma to Montgomery marches. The series and its producer won six [[Emmy|Emmies]], the [[Peabody Award]], and the [[Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award|duPont-Columbia Gold Baton award]] for excellence in journalism, and it was nominated for an [[Academy Award]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/10_march.html | title=Eyes on the Prize | publisher=PBS | work=The American Experience | date=August 23, 2006 | access-date=June 6, 2014 | archive-date=January 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129210343/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/10_march.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''[[Selma, Lord, Selma]]'' (1999), the first dramatic feature film based on events surrounding the Selma to Montgomery marches, is a [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] made-for-TV movie shown on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC television]].<ref>{{cite news | title='Selma, Lord, Selma' airs Jan. 17: The horror and legacy of Bloody Sunday brought to life | work=Pittsburg New Courier | date=December 30, 1998 | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-480950121.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921192615/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-480950121.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 21, 2014 | access-date=June 5, 2014 | location=Pittsburgh, PA|via=HighBeam}}</ref> Critical reception varied.
* ''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'', a 2014 American film directed by [[Ava DuVernay]], features the historic figures who developed the voting rights campaign in Selma and led the Selma to Montgomery marches. The film starred [[David Oyelowo]] as [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], [[Tom Wilkinson]] as President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], [[Common (rapper)|Common]] as [[James Bevel]], and [[Tim Roth]] as Governor [[George Wallace]]. It was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], won for [[Glory (Common and John Legend song)|best song]], and received highly favorable reviews,<ref>{{cite web |title=Critic reviews for Selma|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/selma/critic-reviews|access-date=June 8, 2015|work=Metacritic|date=February 2, 2015}}</ref> despite being criticized for the inaccurate portrayal of President Johnson as obstructing the advancement of civil rights.<ref>{{cite news |author=Joseph A. Califano Jr. |date=December 26, 2014 |title=The movie 'Selma' has a glaring flaw |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-movie-selma-has-a-glaring-historical-inaccuracy/2014/12/26/70ad3ea2-8aa4-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html |access-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Selma' Movie|url=http://www.lbjlibrary.org/press/selma-movie|website=LBJ Presidential Library|publisher=Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library|access-date=January 21, 2015|archive-date=January 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122002119/http://www.lbjlibrary.org/press/selma-movie|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Updegrove|first1=Mark K.|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/what-selma-gets-wrong-113743.html#.VKQfvSvF_To|access-date=February 22, 2015|title=What 'Selma' Gets Wrong|agency=Politico Magazine|date=December 22, 2014}}</ref>
* ''[[March (comics)|March]]'' (2013) is a three-part [[graphic novel]] autobiography written by Congressman [[John Lewis]] and published by [[Top Shelf Productions]]. It begins with his and fellow civil rights activists' beating and gassing at the hands of Alabama state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Written by Lewis and his congressional aide, [[Andrew Aydin]], and illustrated by [[Nate Powell]], the first book in the series was published in August 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title=In the graphic novel 'March', Rep. John Lewis renders a powerful civil rights memoir|url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-12/lifestyle/41333709_1_john-lewis-lewis-s-graphic-novel|access-date=October 25, 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 12, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204717/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-12/lifestyle/41333709_1_john-lewis-lewis-s-graphic-novel|archive-date=October 29, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>