Long-Range Interpretive Plan: Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
National Park Service. 2003. Long-Range Interpretive Plan: Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. Long-Range Interpretive Plan. Harpers Ferry Center
On July 3, 1990 Congress directed the Secretary of the Interior to study the route traveled by voting rights protestors in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and to assess the eligibility, feasibility, and desirability of authorizing the route as a national historic or scenic trail. The Southeast Regional Office of the National Park Service completed this assessment in 1993 and recommended that the 54 mile march route be established as a national historic trail as a component of the national trail system, administered by the National Park Service. Congress responded by establishing the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail on November 12, 1996 through an amendment to the National Trails System. This plan will recommend interpretive and educational program strategies for the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 2003-01
- Publisher
- Harpers Ferry Center
- Units
- HIST , SEMO
- Keywords
- Cultural Resources, Education, ehistory, historic trail, History, March Route, Montgomery, Politics, Preservation, protest, Selma, Voting Rights