The Selma March

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The paper considers the chronological perspective of the march on Selma, Alabama in the context of the Civil Rights Movement and examines its influence at the time and for the future. The paper shows how the events that started with the first Selma march are essential in the history of the Civil Rights Movement because they resulted in the Voting Rights Act. The paper explains that this was a piece of legislation which increased, to a certain extent, the right of the African-American to go to the polls as well as the scope of democracy promoted by the US constitution.

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"The Civil Rights movement raised one of the most stringent matters for the American society in the 20th century in particular. Indeed, the issue of the equality between men of different race and color was a crucial matter of the 19th century especially from the perspective of the slavery institution which created the visible differentiation between white and black individuals. However, as the Civil Movement began to emerge and develop resistance movements against the practice of segregation, soon the society came to be attracted in the discussions related to the need for equality and honest and fair treatment of all individuals, without regard to sex or color (Jenkins, 1997)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cozzens, L. (1998) "The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965" African American History. Accessed 8 April, from 2008 http://fledge.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65
• Greenhaw, W. (1997) Turning Point: Selma. Civil Rights Journal. vol. 2, issue 1.
• Jenkins, P. (1997). A history of the United States. New York: Palgrave.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963). Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
• McElrath, J. (n.d) Voting Rights in Selma, Alabama. Bloody Sunday. About.com. Accessed 8 April 2008, from http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/bloodysunday/a/bloody_sunday.htm

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