Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY — The 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery was a watershed moment in the fight for Black Americans’ voting rights, but wouldn’t have been possible without a few helping hands along the way. Three African American farm owners along the 54-mile route offered their properties as campsites for the marchers on the four-day trek, housing iconic civil rights activists including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King and John Lewis. Fifty-six years later, those campsites are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage.

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