civil rights 2
Several events in the history of America's civil rights movement marked turning points that changed or illuminated aspects of the movement. For example, when a governor from Arkansas closed down the school system to prevent Black children from attending white schools, it brought up the resistance the movement would face. A turning point in the movement was the formation of the Black Panther party, marking a change from nonviolent protest. These events in the history of the movement are the reasons why the public received such apprehension into the situation, and why many new civil rights acts and laws were passed in the long run. An important event was the ill-fated march of Selma, Alabama. Dr. Martin Luther King, one of the leaders of the movement, began a voting registration drive in Selma in early 1965. Black people trying to register were met though with abuse and violence from white employees, county police, and unfair literacy tests. To bring up the Black public's moral, Dr. King proposed a allusive march between Selma and Montgomery. This march would take several days to complete because it it stretched over 54 miles. Unfortunately, the first attempts for this march we
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