Alabama passed the Human Life Protection Act, enacting a near-total ban on abortions.
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Rosa Parks was arrested.
Activists started a 54 mile (87 km) march from Selma to Montgomery.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of the schoolhouse door, refusing entry to two African American students.
Alabama became the 22nd state to join the United States of America.
