Power starts right now. Enjoy that. static Static Continues Car Engine Humming intense wind its such a such a sort of, satisfying thing, i guess, to be in power. And they usually, the great persons usually told you to do. If you looked around, they werent there when the showdown came. Whistle Blowing [officer] go home or go to your church, this march will not continue. [ella] what i do, [officer] see that they disperse. [ella] is supposed to speak louder than what i say. Marching Footfalls siren sound screaming Whistle Blowing screaming Horns Honking Hooves Beating On Pavement drum sounds siren drum sounds screaming Overlapping Shouting shouting continues [speaker] last sunday, a group of Negro Americans in selma, alabama attempted peacefully to protest the denial of the most basic political right of all. The right to vote. People have to have faith in themselves and they can only gain that faith by being given the opportunity to grow. And when people value what they can do, they dont
- [reporter] carrying nap sacks, bed rolls, and air mattresses, they stream onto highway 80, walking briskly. their day s journey, 17 and a half miles. putting them halfway from selma to montgomery. the marchers then passed from dallas county into lowndes county, where until this month not a single negro was registered to vote. - [arthur] you always hear selma to montgomery. the most mileage of the march from selma to montgomery, took place in lowndes county. that dash in your life is, when you were born and when you die, but the dash will make the difference. (somber music) lowndes county, was one of the poorest counties in the country, and we was right next door to montgomery where the capital city sits.