21K views · 311 reactions | In the name of African American voting rights, 3,200 civil rights demonstrators in Alabama, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders, began a historic march from Selma to Montgomery on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965. Federalized Alabama National Guardsmen and FBI agents were on hand to provide safe passage for the march. To learn more, visit https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march | HISTORY | Facebook

40K views · 509 reactions | Saturday 8pm & midnight ET on C-SPAN3 Lectures in History: African American Women & Civil Rights University of Delaware professor Tiffany Gill describes how gathering places such as beauty parlors functioned as a safe place for women to organize sit-ins, voter registration drives, and boycotts. IMAGE: Delaware Historical Society SERIES: https://www.c-span.org/series/?lecturesInHistory | American History TV | Facebook

3.9K views · 103 reactions | Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African American history in his groundbreaking, award-winning series |  The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross starts Tonight, 7.35pm | NITV | Facebook