James Bevel
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James Luther Bevel was an American minister and a leader and major strategist of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and then as its director
Bevel in 1987
As Bevel sent 50 students at a time out of the 16th Street Baptist Church to march in Birmingham, Alabama, Associated Press photographer Bill Hudson took this well-known image of Parker High School student Walter Gadsden being attacked by dogs.
James Bevel's plan for a march from Selma to Montgomery resulted in "Bloody Sunday". Protesters later completed a march with federal protection, and thousands of people entered the capital in support of voting rights.
Selma (film)
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Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches which were initiated and directed by James Be
James Bevel
…and had told the court during his incest case that he had 16 children born of seven women. Actor and rapper Common portrays Bevel in the 2014 film Selma. African American founding fathers of the United States…
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Director Ava DuVernay
David Oyelowo February 2015