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Born January 15, 1929 he led man passive movements during the civil rights era.

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The Selma Montgomery were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery.

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The march was a nonviolent peaceful protest and the marchers were protected by federalized national guard troops

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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a group that helped give young black people a voice and helped and participated in the Selma March

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In this situation the 15th amendment was being violated, which is all US citizens have the right to vote and shall not be denied the right to vote because of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude

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February 18, 1965 - During a march in Marion, state troopers attack the demonstrators. State trooper James Bonard Fowler shoots and kills Jimmie Lee Jackson.

March 7, 1965 - About 600 people begin a march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama, led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams. Marchers demand an end to discrimination in voter registration. At the Edmund Pettus Bridge, state and local lawmen attack the marchers with billy clubs and tear gas, driving them back to Selma.

March 9, 1965 - President Lyndon Johnson speaks out against the violence in Selma and urges both sides to respect the law.

March 10, 1965 - The US Justice Department files suit in Montgomery, Alabama, asking for an order to prevent the state from punishing any person involved in a demonstration for civil rights.

March 17, 1965 - Federal District Court Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. rules in favor of the marchers. "The law is clear that the right to petition one's government for the redress of grievances may be exercised in large groups."

March 20, 1965 - President Johnson issues an executive order federalizing the Alabama National Guard and authorizes whatever federal forces the Defense Secretary deems necessary.

March 21, 1965 - About 3,200 people march out of Selma for Montgomery under the protection of federal troops. They walk about 12 miles a day and sleep in fields at night.

March 25, 1965 - The marchers reach the state capitol in Montgomery. The number of marchers grows to about 25,000.

August 6, 1965 - President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights of 1965

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On Sunday, March 21, 1965, nearly 8,000 people began the five-day march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.

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Legislation influence on the Selma March

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Legislation influence on the Selma March

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The influence for the Selma march was for voting rights. In Alabama many African American people went to go register to vote and only 2 percent were on the voting rolls

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 Southern Christian Leadership Conference 

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 Southern Christian Leadership Conference 

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This organization is a African American organization founded for Civil Rights in January 10, 1957. Martin Luther King Jr. was the first president for the conference.

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Was a major organization involved in the Selma to Montgomery March. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960.

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This shows an African American man struggling to reach equality and there is an Alabama State policeman making the goal harder. This cartoon shows the struggle and how the government and states are making the equality for all races very hard to reach.

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Born May 19, 1925 he was a Muslim man who was a human activist and was a major leader in Civil Rights Movement.