On 7th March 1965 - hundreds of demonstrators began a 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery in response to the murder of a local activist and unfair state laws that prevented African Americans from voting.... In full view of photographers and television journalists, the marchers were brutally assaulted by state troopers and deputies. The day would be remembered as "Bloody Sunday."
On March 25 - twenty-five thousand marchers, escorted by the National Guard, arrived at the State Capitol building in Montgomery. Less than five months later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, forcing states to end discriminatory voting practices.
On March 25 - twenty-five thousand marchers, escorted by the National Guard, arrived at the State Capitol building in Montgomery. Less than five months later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, forcing states to end discriminatory voting practices.
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