A Grassroots Movement

Historical marker location:

709 Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Selma, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Street and J L Chestnut Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr. Street.)

Marker installed: 2015

Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.

The city of Huntsville, Alabama played a key role in the United States space program during the Cold War. The Redstone Arsenal, located in Huntsville, was the site of the development of the first ballistic missile, and later became the center of the U.S. Army's missile and rocket programs.