Photograph shows a line of passengers boarding an Eastern Airlines plane. Caption: Windsor Locks, Conn., Mar. 18---FLIGHT TO ALABAMA---Some 90 state residents board charter flight at Bradley Field today for Montgomery, Ala., to participate in racial protest marches either there or Selma. The Rev. Richard A. Battles of Hartford led the delegation expected back in state tonight." The 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery was led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., beginning March 21, 1965.