On this day in 1965 700 people including Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr got arrested in Selma during a demonstration. Black History Week was founded by Carter G Woodson on February 1st 1915. He originally pick the second week of February because Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglas were born then.
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Hear New MLK Jr Speak Found From Syracuse University Below.