The Selma March

Some have heard of the Selma March while others have not. Believe it or not, the Selma March is an important event in black history and one that is remembered every year. I found interest in this topic and that’s why I decided to write my paper on it. People such as African Americans fought for their rights even though it wasn’t easy and came with inhumane consequences. With a few resources, I have came upon information about who participated and led the marches, what the reactions were to the protesting and marches, and what the march achieved. With these resources, I have discovered the historical significance of it. I have become more educated on this topic and now I’m able to understand the suffering these people went through to achieve
The percentage of blacks who had earned their right to vote had to jump through hoops to get it. They just wanted to have the same rights as whites. They believed whites weren’t superior to them and they deserved to have the same right that was already given to whites. Given that, the majority or the march was made up on African Americans. There were whites who did participate because they wanted to help blacks to achieve their voting right. Previously to March 7, 1965 when the first march occurred, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee also known as SNCC came to Selma, Alabama to stage protests. King was a huge influence on the Selma March and he was one of the main leaders of it. He along with others suffered consequences such as jail, although he wasn’t in there very long. John Lewis was among the others who led the march. He was well known and still is to this day. The Southern Christian Leadership Council also called SCLC participated in this march and other protest events in Selma
But they were so determined to gain this right that they marched no matter the conditions. The march started out with 600 African Americans in Selma but by the time they reached Montgomery, there were 30,000 marchers. The marchers weren’t granted the right to vote on the final day of the Selma March. They were granted the right to vote later on. That didn’t stop their accomplishment. I would consider it an accomplishment because they faced doubt and unbearable conditions. The marchers made it the entire way to Montgomery even throughout the hardships they met along the way. People doubted them and told them they would never make it the entire way and would give up. But they got there. All 30,000 of them who fought for the same reason. (May).
As one can see from the information I presented, the Selma March was an important event in history. It is an event that shouldn’t go unnoticed. They fought and put all of their effort into it. I’ve learned a lot about this while researching this topic. I’ve presented information pertaining to who was involved in the march, what violence they came across along their way, and what African Americans achieved during this. Was the march from Selma to Montgomery worth the consequences presented to