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NCJ Number
306399
Date Published
2007
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The 54th Mile Project

April 2023
During this episode, three Black law enforcement leaders discuss why they walked 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama—retracing the route of a famous 1965 civil rights march—and how their journey changed their professional and personal lives.