Martin Luther King Jr.'s Speech

54 miles and 5 days is how far and how long Martin Luther King, Jr. walked from Selma to Montgomery. In 1965, most blacks couldn’t vote because they would be assigned a test. A test that the test producers knew the blacks couldn’t pass. With it being legal to do that, it could have changed many elections. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched and gave a speech for blacks to have a fair right to vote. The speech he gave was known as ‘Give Us The Ballot’. In 1965. Lyndon B. Johnson was the president at the time and he supported Dr. King in his march and speech. Lyndon Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The act allowed blacks and other races to vote fairly during elections. Dr. King fought for African-American’s right to vote until he died