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PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
King organized a protest march, this time in Selma, AL in 1965. The purpose of this march (that would become known as “Bloody Sunday”) was to draw attention/refocus the American public’s attention to the unresolved issue of
A
Employment discrimination of African Americans.
B
The creation of new Southern segregation laws.
C
Limited voting rights for women.
D
Discrimination in voting rights for African Americans.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -But the civil rights movement was not easily deterred. In early 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC decided to make Selma, located in Dallas County, Alabama, the focus of a Black voter registration campaign.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, hundreds of people gathered in Selma, Alabama to march to the capital city of Montgomery. They marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote-even in the face of a segregationist system that wanted to make it impossible.

Detailed explanation-3: -On March 7, 1965, state and local police used billy clubs, whips, and tear gas to attack hundreds of civil rights activists beginning a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Led by Martin Luther King, Jr., the march was the culminating event of several tumultuous weeks during which demonstrators twice attempted to march but were stopped, once violently, by local police. As many as 25, 000 people participated in the roughly 50-mile (80-km) march.

Detailed explanation-5: -Six months after “Bloody Sunday, ” President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act.

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