Disfranchisement In 1965

By 1965 deliberate endeavors to break the hold of state disfranchisement had been in motion for quite a while, yet had attained just minimum achievement and in a few regions proved to be inadequate. The killing of voting-rights activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, gained national attention, alongside various different demonstrations of the viciousness and brutality
African Americans endured. On March 7, 1965, State troopers reeked havoc on black Civil
Rights marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. These people were on their way to the state legislative hall in Montgomery, but on the bridge they were met by
Alabama state troopers who ambushed them with nightsticks, harmful gas and whips after they declined to turn back not crossing the bridge. A few of the protestors were brutally beaten, and
The event was televised on national TV. Other events taking place in the country included black student trying to go to a presumed all white university.
In the fall of 1962 the first black student James Meredith sought admission to the
University of Mississippi. The Governor at the time Ross Barrett along with the state legislators manipulated the laws to prevent Meredith from attending this all white University. As a result the civil rights division of the Department of Justice and the NAACP provided legal support for him.
The case was so largely publicized; the US Marshal was put emplaced for Meredith’s protection.
The day of registration a large group of protestors congregated on the campus of Ole Miss to protest against Meredith attending this school. The protestors used bottles, rocks and eggs to damage the school building where the registration was to takes place, even though the Marshals were standing guard. A US Marshal was severely injured and a bystander was