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Youth Heroes of Selma's Voting Rights Fight
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The Children of Selma: How Alabama's Youth Led the Voting Rights Fight Before Anyone Else Before the cameras arrived in Selma, the children were already there. Teenagers. Some as young as 14. Marching. Getting arrested. Refusing to back down. While adults feared losing their jobs, their homes, their lives, the youth of Selma stepped forward first. They organized. They trained. They faced billy clubs and tear gas without flinching. History gave the credit to others. But the children of Selma lit the fire. Drop a heart in the comments if this moved you. Follow Black Alabama History for the stories
