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  • Because They Marched

  • The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America
  • By: Russell Freedman
  • Narrated by: Rodney Gardiner
  • Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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Because They Marched

By: Russell Freedman
Narrated by: Rodney Gardiner
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Summary

In the early 1960s, tired of reprisals for attempting to register to vote, Selma's black community began to protest. The struggle received nationwide attention when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a voting rights march in January 1965 and was attacked by a segregationist. In February, the shooting of an unarmed demonstrator by an Alabama state trooper inspired a march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. The march got off to a horrific start on March 7, as law officers attacked peaceful demonstrators. Broadcast throughout the world, the violence attracted widespread outrage and spurred demonstrators to complete the march at any cost. On March 25, after several setbacks, protesters completed the 54-mile march to a cheering crowd of 25,000 supporters.

©2016 Russell Freedman (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

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