they responded. without television, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. that s pretty amazing, the convergence of a media phenomenon and a mature movement coming together to shape politics. reporter: like birmingham before it, the brutality at selma shocked the nation, compelling washington to respond ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. reporter: this time with the voting rights act of 1965. what happens in selma or in cincinnati is a matter of legitimate concern to every american. this is one nation. reporter: on march 7th, 2015, america s first black president, barack obama, with john lewis at his side, visited selma to
that s pretty amazing, the convergence of a media phenomenon and a mature movement coming together to shape politics. reporter: like birmingham before it, the brutality at selma shocked the nation, compelling washington to respond ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. reporter: this time with the voting rights act of 1965. what happens in selma or in cincinnati is a matter of legitimate concern to every american. this is one nation. reporter: on march 7th, 2015, america s first black president, barack obama, with john lewis at his side, visited selma to commemorate bloody sunday. in one afternoon 50 years ago, so much of our turbulent history, the stain of slavery, and anguish of civil war, the
point where we had been beaten. it was one of the finest hours for people to respond the way they responded. without television, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. that s pretty amazing, the convergence of a media phenomenon and a mature movement coming together to shape politics. reporter: like birmingham before it, the brutality at selma shocked the nation, compelling washington to respond ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. reporter: this time with the voting rights act of 1965. what happens in selma or in cincinnati is a matter of legitimate concern to every american. this is one nation. reporter: on march 7th, 2015,