Ava’s Substack · Aug 17, 2026

Flashback 1965: MLK’s ‘Negro Freedom Marchers’ in Selma Alabama Wore Yarmulkes

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Flashback: As published by the Jewish Telegraph Agency, on March 23, 1965:

Flashback: As published by the Jewish Telegraph Agency, on March 23, 1965:

“Hundreds of Negro freedom marchers today wore yarmulkes (skullcaps), in respectful emulation of rabbis who participated in demonstrations in Alabama as Jewish participation in the march from Selma to Montgomery.

The Alabama Negroes called the yarmulkes “freedom caps.” The demand f…

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