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MontgomerySelma

West on US-80, the route of the 1965 marches — in reverse. Tap a numbered dot and listen.

Narrated by The Historian Focus: Civil Rights History 82 km · about 54 min · 10 stories

The stories

In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.

  1. 1
    Montgomery, Alabama

    The Legacy Museum in Montgomery

  2. 2
    Montgomery, Alabama

    The Evolution of Nonviolent Strategy Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  3. 3
    Montgomery, Alabama

    The Evolution of Nonviolent Strategy Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  4. 4
    Lowndesboro, Alabama

    The Evolution of Nonviolent Strategy Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  5. 5
    Lowndesboro, Alabama

    The History of Lowndesboro

  6. 6
    Hayneville, Alabama

    The Grassroots Backbone of Selma Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  7. 7
    Tyler, Alabama

    The Grassroots Backbone of Selma Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  8. 8
    Tyler, Alabama

    The Grassroots Backbone of Selma Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  9. 9
    Selma, Alabama

    Amelia Boynton Robinson's Leadership

  10. 10
    Selma, Alabama

    The Edmund Pettus Bridge

Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.