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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.

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1 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

2 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

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

4 Voting Rights Act of 1965 5:30-27:40 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

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