AFROAM 236 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
19 Sep 2016
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Minister"s death creates national uprise, johnson must push voter registration: meeting with george wallace (governor of alabama) who pays for troops to protect marchers, johnson is forced to pay for state troopers (federalized) and 2,000. Us army sent to alabama to protect protestors from local police. March 21 1965 3rd march from selma to montgomery: 25,000 protestors (people join along the way, mostly peaceful. Johnson passes voting rights act signed in august 1965: outlaws educational requirements. Empowers attorney general to the civil rights commission, assigns federal registers to enroll voters.
