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The Selma-Montgomery march that took place in 1965. This march was a three part march, held to attempt to register black voters in the South.

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Martin Luther King Jr was the biggest leader in the Selma Montgomery March. He, along with the Southern Christian Leadership Council, decided that Selma would be the starting point for the March

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Organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) were big contributors to the non-violent march.

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1962-63: SNCC starts to protest in Selma
Jan 1965: King starts his campaign with 700 other African Americans
Jan 1965: King and Ralph Abernathy both protest and get arrested and refuse to get bonded out
Feb 1965: President Johnson makes his first statement supporting the campaign and promises to urge congress to pass a voting rights bill.
Feb 1965: State troopers attack protesters in Marion killing one of the protesters.
Mar 1965: "Bloody Sunday" as 600 people march, 50 get injured and 16 are hospitalized because of state troopers, and many other deputies who had beaten them.
Mar 1965: For the final march, President Johnson sends 1000 military police, 2000 army soldiers, and many other deputies to provide protection for the people in the march. This was the final march of the Selma-Montgomery march and the march in which he spoke his "How Long, Not Long" speech.

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The protesters were fight for the right to vote in the South. They were fighting for the right of the 15th amendment in which in Alabama was not following. Instead Alabama was striding for only white voters but that would be injustice according to the 15th amendment.

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https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march

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This cartoon displays the Alabama police during the Marches. In the picture it shows how an officer had beaten a female protester before she had made it to church.