Spirit of the Movement

Blacks stage a sit down at the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama on March 10,1965.


The demonstrators, most of them from nearby Tuskegee Institute, were protesting police brutality at Selma, Alabama.
The following video is from one of the student protests.
Enlisted Vietnam Sailor , Samy Young Jr. was killed while fleeing for his life after a confrontation about the use if public restroom facilities at a downtown Tuskegee gas station

Enlisted Vietnam sailor, Samy Young Jr. was killed while fleeing for his life after a confrontation about the use if public restroom facilities at a downtown Tuskegee gas station.

The following news piece is from the funeral of Sammy Young Jr.