In an effort to secure voting rights for African Americans, more than thirty-two hundred civil rights activists marched from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery on this day in 1965. Led by Martin Luther King Jr. and protected by federalized National Guardsmen and FBI agents, the marchers climbed the steps of the Alabama State Capitol, where King delivered a live televised speech. In August, President Lyndon Johnson, who supported the march, signed the Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote.

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