Provides an account of the events of 1965 when civil rights activists, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., gathered in Selma, Alabama, to protest practices designed to keep African-Americans from being able to vote, and discusses how the televised violence against the activists caused widespread outrage that spurred the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Content Note
White voters only -- Demanding the ballot -- Bloody Selma -- "We shall overcome" -- The march -- Breakthrough at the ballot box -- Life after Selma.