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The Traveler… taking important steps…

Today I traveled to Detroit, Michigan, by the way of The Detroit News dated March 18, 1965 [1]. There I found “Russian Takes First Space Walk From Blog-3-16-2015-Selma-March [2]Orbiting Ship”. This was the very first time that anyone had ever taken a walk in space, going sixteen-feet from the capsule.

Also on the front page was the reporting of “Allow Capital March, Judge Tells Alabama.” “A federal judge last night ordered Alabama officials to permit Dr. Martin Luther King’s civil rights army to march the 50 miles from Selma to this state capital (Montgomery). Moreover, the state authorities must protect the marchers…”. This was the granting of permission for the infamous Selma march which took five days to complete with thousands of people participating.

~The Traveler