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Selma, Alabama 1965 Good place for new campaign 1)Incredibly disproportionate black voter registration 2)Selma had a ruthless sheriff named Jim Clark who could be counted on to react After 2 months of protests, white supremacists murdered 26-year old Jimmy Lee Jackson Proposed to hold a protest march from Selma to the state capitol 54 miles away Sheriff Jim Clark

On March 7, 1965 John Lewis & 600 demonstrators crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the way to Montgomery Sheriff Clark’s men & 100 state troopers blocked the path; ordered protesters to turn back, then attacked with tear gas & clubs Again Americans were outraged at what they saw on t.v. Pres. Johnson soon sent a bill to Congress to guarantee the right to vote Bloody Sunday

The march was finally allowed to happen under protection of the federalized national guard MLK and Coretta Scott King come to lend their support

Voting Rights Act of :30-27:40 Key provisions: Outlawed literacy tests If local voter registrars would not enroll African Americans the President could send in federal registrars who would Colbert—Vot.Rts Act