In 1965, just weeks after the Selma to Montgomery marches, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before thousands of Bruins, urging them to take action for equality. Today, we honor his powerful message and enduring legacy. Hear his full speech: bit.ly/40oM8n0 #MLKDay | UCLA

The Selma to Montgomery march was part of a series of civil rights protests that occurred in 1965 in Alabama, a Southern state with deeply entrenched racist policies. In March of that year, in an effort to register black voters in the South, protesters marching the 54-mile route from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were confronted with deadly violence from local authorities and white vigilante groups. As the world watched, the protesters—under the protection of federalized National Guar