a determined, organized, mobilized campaign. to get the right to vote all over this state. king chooses selma because it has the worst record of any southern city on black voting. the dallas county sheriff, jim clarke, was an even tougher version of birmingham s bull connor. this courthouse belongs to the people of dallas county, and these are the people of dallas county, and they ve come to register. and you know this within your heart. ? clarke knew what he wanted to do to me, he couldn t do it in the open because of all the cameras,
there are five counties in mississippi, each at least 57% negro, in which no negroes at all are registered. today marks the beginning of a determined, organized, mobilized campaign to get the right to vote all over this state. martin luther king chooses the city of selma because it has the worst record of any southern city on black voting. we will dramatize this whole situation and seek to arouse the conscience of the federal government by marching by the thousands on places of registration all over the state.
the 1964 civil rights act was voter registration. bewildering hodgepodge of election laws from state to state prevents many from voting. boss-controlled political machines disenfranchise others by downright fraud. a negro citizen may go to register only to be told that the day is wrong or the hour is late or the official in charge is absent. there are five counties in mississippi, each at least 57% negro, in which no negroes at all are registered. today marks the beginning of a determined, organized, mobilized campaign to get the right to vote all over this state. martin luther king chooses the city of selma because it has the worst record of any southern
a negro citizen may go to register only to be told that the day is wrong or the hour is late or the official in charge is absent. there are five counties in mississippi, each at least 57% negro, in which no negroes at all are registered. today marks the beginning of a determined, organized, mobilized campaign to get the right to vote all over this state. martin luther king chooses the city of selma because it has the worst record of any southern city on black voting. we will dramatize this whole situation and seek to arouse the conscience of the federal government by marching by the thousands on places of
late or the official in charge is absent. there are five counties in mississippi, each at least 57% negro, in which no negroes at all are registered. today marks the beginning of a determined, organized, mobilized campaign to get the right to vote all over this state. king chooses the city of selma because it has the worst record of any southern city on black voting. we will dramatize this whole situation and seek to arouse the conscience of the federal government by marching by the thousands on places of registration all over the city.