On the 21st of March in 1965, on what was the third attempt by organizers to do so, voting rights activists successfully marched 54 miles from Selma, Alabama to the state capital Montgomery, arriving there with more than 25,000 people.
The marches were organized by civil rights activists to demonstrate the desire for black citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of state repression. By highlighting racial injustice, they contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act that year, a landmark federal achievement of the civil rights movement.
The first attempt to make the march happened on March 7th, but failed due to police brutality. Police knocked marchers to the ground, beat them with nightsticks, and fired teargas. One marcher, a 14 year old girl, required 28 stitches in the back of her head. Although the assault ended the first attempt of protesters to march to Montgomery, it brought international attention to the protest.
After a federal court ruled that the march was legal, the third and successful attempt to march to Montgomery was made. By its end, 25,000 people marched to steps of the State Capitol Building in Montgomery. The protest was a watershed moment in the civil rights struggle, and, by the next year, 11,000 black people were successfully registered to vote in Selma.
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Staring at the list of comms again, wondering where exactly to put a sincere ramble about a story you've never once heard of in your entire life. Why am I like this
I'm giving c/effort some funny looks, like what if you went on the communism theory comm and just posted an overly personal essay about fiction you like? That'd be pretty funny, you could disurpt social norms or whatever. Probably a better plan than trying c/literature, or just shitting up c/traa again.
Sometimes I think about c/neurodiverse, but my thing is not actually related to neurodiversity. I kind of wish we had a c/infodump, so I could put my essays there instead of clogging respectable comms with this. The actual answer is probably that this sort of thing doesn't belong here at all, but I must post.
Sounds like a [email protected] post
Are you absolutely sure, I always took chat to be kind of a shitposting community, not an essay dumping ground. I mean I'll do it but it seems kind of like a bad idea.
C/chapotraphouse is never the wrong place to post anything.
I appreciate it but I assure you there are very many wrong places for me to post, lol
Well the rules certainly seem to want genuine stuff
ALRIGHT HERE WE GO
Infodumps can absolutely go in the effort community.
Will keep in mind, ty :)