07-18-2020, 08:10 PM
We've lost an icon of the civil rights movement today. His accomplishments are many, including the march from Selma with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., attired in plumeria leis from Hawaii:
In Alabama on March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and other civil rights demonstrators made their historic march from Selma to Montgomery. Photos taken of the march show King and others wearing Hawaiian leis.
Hawaiian Leis And King’s March On Selma
John Lewis, third from left
In Alabama on March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and other civil rights demonstrators made their historic march from Selma to Montgomery. Photos taken of the march show King and others wearing Hawaiian leis.
Hawaiian Leis And King’s March On Selma
John Lewis, third from left