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A more accurate name would be: the Selma to Montgomery march. This protest was intended to be nonviolent and draw attention to the harsh limitations placed on black voters - not everything went to plan. In 1965 Alabama, deadly violence broke out along the 54-mile route.

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USHC-8.1 Analyze the African American Civil Rights Movement, including initial strategies, landmark court cases and legislation, the roles of key civil rights advocates and the media, and the influence of the Civil Rights Movement on other groups seeking equality.

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John Lewis is a American politician and is a prominent civil rights leader. He was the leader of the SNCC who lead the Montgomery March

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Hosea Williams, Colleague of SCLC was one of the major leaders who lead the march while the King was out of town.

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DCVL - Dallas County Voters League - worked to promote African Americans being able to vote w/out restrictions
SCLC - Southern Christian Leadership Council - a prominent civil rights group advocating for African Americans being able to vote w/out restrictions; very involved in organizing the march with MLK.
SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - another prominent civil rights group advocating for African Americans being able to vote w/out restrictions
US Army, Alabama National Guard - after violence broke out, they were called in to protect the marchers on their way to Montgomery

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1962-1963 - Representatives of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee come to Selma and begin staging protests.
Jan. 2, 1965 - King begins his Selma campaign when about 700 African Americans show up for a meeting at Brown Chapel in defiance of the injunction.
Feb. 18, 1965 - A night march in Marion ends with a brutal attack. Dozens are injured; 26-year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson is shot by a state trooper.
Aug. 16, 1965 - President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law.
December 1965 - The three men charged withthe murder of James Reeb are acquitted.
August 1966 - The UUA installs a memorial to Jackson, Reeb, and Daniels in Brown Chapel. The UUA also buys a house for Jackson’s mother and establishes a fund for his family, using extra proceeds of more than $100,000 given in Reeb’s memory.

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A Discovery Education video segment about the march.

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Individual strategies don't have many records, but largely, the event was a statewide march. Local nonviolent marches were held in some towns, along with the large Selma-to-Montgomery march. Ultimately, three different groups of marchers made their ways to Selma.

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The actual result of the march was the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965; ultimately, this proved to other groups that progress can be made - and it will be made.

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This cartoon is showing African Americans fighting and protesting their freedom.

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Selma to Selma: Modern Day Voter Discrimination in Alabama
This was when people were still against the registered voters of African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. stated, "Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the government about our basic rights." This impacted American society by making sure that African Americans gained the right to vote.

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What Amendments to the Constitution are being violated?

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What Amendments to the Constitution are being violated?

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The 15th Amendment, which stated that any citizen of the US, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude will be able to vote.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march
https://www.uuworld.org/articles/timeline-the-selma-civil-rights-campaign
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/how-events-selma-50-years-ago-changed-america-forever#slide1