Although
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South,
discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very
difficult for blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city
became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent
opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. and his followers pressed forward on an epic march
from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated in President
Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
