 the three 1965 selma to montgomery marches led to the passage of the 1965 voting rights act, a landmark achievement of the 1960s american civil rights movement. all three protest marches were attempts to walk the 54-mile highway from selma to the alabama state capital of montgomery. the voting rights movement in selma was launched by local african-americans, who formed the dallas county voters league (dcvl). joined by organizers from the student nonviolent coordinating committee (sncc), they began registering black voters in 1963. when white resistance to their work proved intractable, the dcvl turned to martin luther king jr. and the southern christian leadership conference, who eventually brought many prominent civil r
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