In early 1965, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register black voters in the South. That March, protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. As the world watched, the protesters (under the protection of federalized National Guard troops) finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery. The historic march, and King's participation in it, greatly helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South, and the need for a Voting Rights Act, passed later that year.
History Repeat it self where it left off before.
1960's
US Marine
Defend Americans
Under Mistreatment
Petition the government
You never can jail us all,
Occupy Dallas protest 10-6-2011
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| Clifford Ray Smith Rosa Parks |
Petition the government
One of these photos was taken in 1965 and the other last night. Nothing
much has changed! (Brooklyn Protest).Brooklyn Neighborhood Is 'A Powder
Keg' After Teen Killed By Police
Brooklyn Neighborhood Is 'A Powder Keg' After Teen Killed By Police
One of 46 arrested Wednesday night,
mostly for disorderly conduct.
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