Selma+Marches

When/Where this event took place (2 pts) This took place at Selma, Alabama. The first march started on March 7, 1965.

Who was involved? (3 pts) The whole thing mainly started by Amelia Boynton and her husband.

What happened during this event (2-4 sentences) (4 pts) Others like James Bevel, the one who organized the march ; Martin Luther King Jr Hosea Williams were also involved in this.

What is the significance of this event on the Civil Rights Movement? (4-5 sentences) (8 pts) It all happened because of African American's rights to vote. Whenever there was a black person that was going to vote they didn't really count their votes and made them take a test that only blacks took and not whites. But since blacks took up most of the popullation in Selma they weren't all registered voters so only whites votes counted.

On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) how great of an impact do you think this event had on the Civil Rights Movement? (Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (8 pts) This event was considered as "Bloody Sunday" because before people could go out and start marching state troops came and were armed and did many stuff that left everybody terrified after all the violence. Then few days later Congress made the law of "Voting Rights Of 1965" wich meant that they let African Americans vote. They didn't use voilence because they would have been blammed for what they've done and white people would start stuff about how blacks shouldn't get that right they really want.

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