50 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1965 Wilson Baker (left), the Selma, Alabama, director of public safety, holds up his hand in front of Martin Luther King Jr., on February 1, 1965, to tell him that he and his followers, about 250 of them, were under arrest for parading without a permit. Previous Next Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2017-10-30 spiel