Some have heard of the Selma March while others have not. Believe it or not‚ the Selma March is an important event in black history and one that is remembered every year. I found interest in this topic and that’s why I decided to write my paper on it. People such as African Americans fought for their rights even though it wasn’t easy and came with inhumane consequences. With a few resources‚ I have came upon information about who participated and led the marches‚ what the reactions were to the protesting
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Christie Omar LSN‚ 3B Mr. Isebor 1-29-2015 SELMA Summary In Selma we look back at the 1965 campaign by Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. to secure equal voting rights for African-American citizens. That political battle was waged in the deep south‚ where King organized marches from the town of Selma to Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ in protest of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s hesitation on voting rights legislation. Looking behind the curtain of history‚ we learn more about the political obstacles and negotiations
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Running head: March On Selma March On Selma Kenneth Rutherford II PHI 103 Professor Myers Abstract The issue at hand is the marching from Selma to Montgomery Alabama that President Truman regarded to as being silly‚ actually being one of the most powerful marches ever demonstrated in the civil rights movement. Although there was death involved the meaning behind the march‚ was in fact the greater cause. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of non-violence and the most powerful part of
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the march‚ but also because of what is stood for. Lewis and Williams prepared the march to honor the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson who was killed trying to protect his mother at a civil rights demonstration. It was intended to be a peaceful march from Selma to Montgomery to protest voting rights. As the marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge they were met by state troopers. When asked to stop the march they refused. The marchers were then attacked by dogs‚ beaten with billy clubs‚ and sprayed with
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Selma to Montgomery‚ 1965 * In June 1963‚ Medgar Evers‚ the NAACP Mississippi field secretary‚ was shot and killed in front of his home. * In 1964‚ SNCC workers organized the Mississippi Summer Project to register African Americans to vote in the state‚ wanting to focus national attention on the state’s racism. * SNCC recruited Northern college students‚ teachers‚ artists‚ and clergy to work on the project. They believed the participation of these people would make the country concerned
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Prof. Traci Alexander Speech Communications Due Date: April 6th 2015 What could be more American? As I to listen to President Obama speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama to mark the 50th Anniversary of “Blood Sunday”. I thought about the question asked What could be more American and If I Agreed with this statement. President Obama throughout his speech single out the most important idea that Americans
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Bloody Sunday‚ Selma was Forever Changed Author Lisa Marostica in her article‚ “Bloody Sunday‚ Women and the Collective” stresses the importance of memorializing the women‚ who dedicated their lives to the civil rights struggle. She does an adequate job in supporting her claim‚ by summarizing the lives of two incredible women‚ all the while illustrating the event that took place during the peak of the civil rights movement. “Bloody Sunday” on March 7‚ 1965‚ goes down in history as one of the most
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Sreymich Lach AP US History Ms. Merrifield March 1‚ 2015 Selma David Oyelowo starred in Selma as Martin Luther King Jr. He gave an inspiring and heartfelt performance on the big screen‚ which showcased the early account of American’s civil rights struggle. The extreme racial injustice in the deep south of Alabama is portrayed in this film when Annie Lee Cooper played by Oprah Winfrey was outlandishly denied the right to register to vote by a supercilious white supremacist registrar. The opening
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Selma. Accurate or Romanticized? 4 of 5 Stars In Matthew 10:16‚ Jesus tells His followers‚ "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves." When we hear about the Civil Rights Movement and King’s obligation to civil disobedience‚ we focus on how he strained how imperative it was to take the moral high ground: Protestors should not fight back‚ no matter how much they might be roughed up and abused. That dovelike attitude also was really discerning
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Selma reflection Poli The civil rights movement has had a huge effect on values. After Martin luther king’s action，More and more people thought that everyone is equal. In the film “Selma”‚ When the people first time tried to crossed the bridge. I found that all of the were black. But at the second time‚ there were a few of white people joined into the demonstration because they saw their compatriot beat by the state troopers. They couldn’t let the troopers trampled on black’s dignity
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