What were the main issues in Selma according to the documentary? What caused the confrontations between the local law enforcemen

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What were the main issues in Selma according to the documentary? What caused the confrontations between the local law enforcemen

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irinina [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-28T20:45:45+03:00

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On this 50th anniversary year of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act it helped inspire, national attention is centered on the iconic images of “Bloody Sunday,” the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the interracial marchers, and President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act. This version of history, emphasizing a top-down narrative and isolated events, reinforces the master narrative that civil rights activists describe as “Rosa sat down, Martin stood up, and the white folks came south to save the day.”

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