Bloody Sunday - Voting Rights
On March 7, 1965, also referred to as “Bloody Sunday,” demonstrators marched in Selma, Alabama in protest of the denial of voting rights.
Voting Rights in Selma, Alabama
When Martin Luther King came to Selma, Alabama to lead an assault against discriminatory voter registration practices, it could hardly be predicted that the nation would witness just how brutal segregationists could be. It was this same brutality, however, that led President Johnson and Congress to one conclusion—it was time to pass voting rights legislation.
When Martin Luther King came to Selma, Alabama to lead an assault against discriminatory voter registration practices, it could hardly be predicted that the nation would witness just how brutal segregationists could be. It was this same brutality, however, that led President Johnson and Congress to one conclusion—it was time to pass voting rights legislation.