Alabama History

Alabama becomes the 22nd state

Dec 14, 1819

Alabama offically becomes a part of the United States of America

Rosa Parks Incident

Dec 1, 1955

Arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white passenger. Which helped spark the Civil Rights Movement

Selma March

Mar 25, 1965

•In 1965, five months before President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act prohibiting discriminatory voting practices, thousands of non-violent protesters joined a 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery to bring attention to the injustice African Americans faced when attempting to register to vote.