"No One Seemed to Pay Me Any Mind": The Selma to Montgomery March Account of Milo B. Howard Jr.

The article focuses on a seven-page letter written in March 1965 by Milo B. Howard Jr., a white Alabama state employee and future director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), documenting his firsthand impressions of the Selma to Montgomery March. Howard's letter provides a detailed, historically informed account of the tense atmosphere in Montgomery as civil rights demonstrators approached the State Capitol, including observations of law enforcement presence, local citizens, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech. The letter, preserved in the ADAH's permanent collections, offers a unique perspective from a white Southerner during a pivotal moment in the voting rights movement and illustrates the role of ADAH staff as both historians and witnesses to Alabama's history.