On the 21st of March in 1965, on what was the third attempt by organizers to do so, voting rights activists successfully marched 54 miles from Selma, Alabama to the state capital Montgomery, arriving there with more than 25,000 people.
The marches were organized by civil rights activists to demonstrate the desire for black citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of state repression. By highlighting racial injustice, they contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act that year, a landmark federal achievement of the civil rights movement.
The first attempt to make the march happened on March 7th, but failed due to police brutality. Police knocked marchers to the ground, beat them with nightsticks, and fired teargas. One marcher, a 14 year old girl, required 28 stitches in the back of her head. Although the assault ended the first attempt of protesters to march to Montgomery, it brought international attention to the protest.
After a federal court ruled that the march was legal, the third and successful attempt to march to Montgomery was made. By its end, 25,000 people marched to steps of the State Capitol Building in Montgomery. The protest was a watershed moment in the civil rights struggle, and, by the next year, 11,000 black people were successfully registered to vote in Selma.
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Doomer morning.we can be right but it doesn't matter if lots and lots and lots of people decide that we're wrong, or that they won't do anything about it.
Yeah doomer mood, my job being stressful lately doesnt help
Also why join an org if that just puts you on a list that gets you killed by the fascist government when they decide it becomes convenient
I'm fine with being on a list as long as they don't drag it out with a sham trial and imprisonment. I've never understood libs fascination with the pretense of legal authority. They'll commit any atrocity you can think of and sleep soundly as long as it was done "legally". The outcomes are irrelevant, only the process matters.
Im more whining about how it puts a target on your back and it might be intentionally so by the fash
At least realizing how powerless we truly are still allows us to make better decisions in life.
Yeah agree, ive adopted a survival mindset rather than what i see as a rat race mindset. The fancy car and house are carrots on a stick and you shouldnt put any extra effort into getting those. Its much better to squirrel the money away for emergencies. I'm not ever living in a house that i own so id rather just focus on other things