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October 7, 1963
Known as Freedom Day, around 350 African American's lined up to register to vote at the Dallas County Court House. -
February 4, 1964
President Lyndon B Johnson makes his first public statement supporting the Selma events. -
February 6, 1964
President Lyndon B Johnson makes a statement that he will urge congress to vote on the voting rights bill. -
March 5, 1965
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. meets with the President to discuss the voting rights bill. -
March 7, 1965
Bloody Sunday - John Lewis and Hosea Williams lead more than 600 people on a march. Marchers were meet on the Edmund Pettus Bridge by Police Force. https://youtu.be/a6InULio9fo -
March 9, 1965
Turnaround Tuesday. Marchers included more than 2000 people. More than half of them were white and two-thirds were members of the clergy. -
March 21, 1965
More than 8000 people met at Brown's Chapel for a five day march. -
March 25, 1965 (day)
Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "How Long, Not Long" speech. -
March 25, 1965 (night)
Viola Liuzzo, was a white mother of 5 who had driven from Detroit to protest for black civil rights was shot and killed by the kkk. -
August 6, 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act.
