The $1.1 billion MAX Credit Union created a debit card that recalls the 1965 march civil rights march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital in Montgomery.

The 103,000-member cooperative is headquartered in Montgomery and issued the card during the community's 50-year celebration of the march. The MAX Selma to Montgomery March Commemorative Debit Card is now available at MAX branches in central and east Alabama.

“We at MAX feel we should never forget the sacrifices the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marchers made not only for voting rights, but for human rights for all people,” MAX CEO Greg McClellan said. “We hope our customers will join with us in saluting this great moment in our nation's history.”

“MAX provides our customers with debit cards 'on the spot' when they open their checking accounts with us, allowing them to select their debit card design of choice and walk out with their card in hand. It's simple. It's convenient. Customers can walk out with this piece of history in their hands,” McClellan added.

The Selma to Montgomery March took place between March 21 to 25, 1965, beginning with 3,200 marchers in Selma and culminating with some 25,000 marchers by the time it ended in downtown Montgomery. The successful march followed two unsuccessful attempts earlier that month.

MAX commissioned central Alabama artist John Hodges to create the artwork, which features a silhouette of marchers with American flags, as a symbol of the March's impact on state, national and global human rights. The imagery seeks to convey the eternal march for respect and human rights by preserving the March in this creative depiction.

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Credit Union Issues Commemorative Selma Debit Card

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