Cultural Landscape Report: Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
WLA Studio. 2022. Cultural Landscape Report: Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Cultural Landscape Report 1) describes the route's character at the time of the marches in 1965; 2) documents the existing site conditions; 3) provides analysis of the landscape's potential National Register significance; 4) identifies and assesses integrity of character defining features; 5) determines appropriate treatment strategies; and 6) develops treatment recommendations that facilitate preservation of these resources, address park management concerns, and inform ongoing and proposed facility development. The National Historic Trail spans 54 miles. It begins at Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Selma, Alabama, and follows the march route taken in March 1965 through the city and eastward along US Highway 80 into the city of Montgomery, ending at the Alabama State Capitol. The trail commemorates the nationally significant events leading up to and associated with the Selma civil and voting rights campaign and the three marches that took place in March 1965. These three marches included the violent confrontation between members of the civil rights movement and law enforcement officers known as “Bloody Sunday” on March 7, 1965, followed by the minister’s march known as “Turnaround Tuesday” on March 9, 1965, and finally the march from Selma to Montgomery from March 21-25, 1965. The marches brought the issues of civil rights, voting rights, and police brutality to national consciousness and spurred broadened support for racial justice action in the United States. This cultural landscape report aims to fill in the gaps in understanding of the cultural landscape of the National Historic Trail and offer recommendations to guide its future use. It includes site history, organized into periods of development, and a comprehensive description of the cultural landscape features. This CLR serves to guide the NPS in decision making concerning the ongoing stewardship of this cultural landscape.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- WLA Studio
- Date of Issue
- 2022-02
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- SEMO , SER
- Keywords
- African American, Alabama State Capitol, All-American Road, Black Belt, Bloody Sunday, Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, civil rights, civil rights movement, Civil War, commemoration, Department of Transportation, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Lowndes Interpretive Center, march, Marion to Selma Connecting Trail, Montgomery, National Scenic Byway, National Trails System, Native American Alabama, NHT, racial justice, Scenic Highway, streetscape, Turnaround Tuesday, US Highway 80, voting rights, Voting Rights Act
- Subjects
- NPS.gov Subject Site: Cultural Landscapes