14 mar 1965 año - March to Montgomery
Descripción:
[March to Montgomery] (March 7-21 1965) Voting rights march from Selma, Alabama to capitol, Montgomery; met with beatings/tear gas → became known as ‘bloody sunday’; TV coverage → national outrage → LBJ sends fed troops to protect MLK/marchers; EFFECT- congress did pass voting rights act of 1965, but many blacks were losing patience w slow progress and continued violence by whites
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