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What effect did the Voting Rights of 1965 have?

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What effect did the Voting Rights of 1965 have?

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The Voting Rights of 1965 outlawed all types of discriminatory voting practices that were adopted in the Southern States after the Civil. This included things like literacy tests. (ABC-CLIO)

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On January 2 of 1965 Martin Luther King joined the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and some other local African American Activists in a voting rights campaign in Selma, Alabama due to only 2% of all blacks getting a chance to vote. King and SCLC chose Selma because they were notoriously known for police brutality which would help attract national attention and pressure the president and congress into making a new bill for voting rights. The march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama progressed very slowly as mass arrests were made but there was very little violence for the first month. However in February, violent attacks on peaceful protesters increased from LE (law enforcement). On the 18th of February, a state trooper shot a black 26 year old deacon, Jimmie Jackson, who was protecting his mother from getting beat with a nightstick from another trooper. He died 8 days later after being shot. Using his death as a catalyst, the activists in Selma set out to march to the state capitol on March 7. As the marchers went across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were blockaded by LE and were ordered to disperse by Major Cloud. The marchers refused and in response, Major Cloud ordered his men to advance and they ended up attacking the marchers with clubs and tear gas. As the marchers fled mounted police chased them and beat them. The whole ordeal was captured and broadcasted on live television. This event was later called Bloody Sunday and caused national outrage due to the excessive amount of violence against peaceful protesters. In response, President Johnson told them to hold off their protest and that he'll soon introduce a voting rights bill to congress within a few days. On August 6, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed. (ABC-CLIO)

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LE being restricted from hindering protest

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LE being restricted from hindering protest

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After the first confrontation a judge barred LE from hindering the protest

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Demonstrators marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

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Demonstrators marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama

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LE using tear gas against peaceful protesters