Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology
Recalling events that happened on this day in history.
Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.
Compiled by Ulli Diemer
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March 7, 1932
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Workers taking part in the Ford Hunger March against the Ford Motor Company are attacked by Dearborn police and Ford security guards. Five workers are killed and 19 wounded.
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March 7, 1940
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Birth of Rudi Dutschke (1940-1979), radical German student leader.
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March 7, 1942
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Death of Lucy Parsons, American anarchist-communist.
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March 7, 1965
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The Selma to Montgomery civil rights march is attacked by police. 525 civil rights advocates begin a 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, to the capital of Montgomery, to campaign for voting rights for blacks. Just after crossing a bridge on the outskirts of Selma, the marchers are attacked by police wielding tear gas, nightsticks, bullwhips and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire.
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