What were people marching for in Selma Alabama?

Answer 1

They marched for: # Justice. # Voting rights. # An end to discrimination. # Civil rights. # Equal protection under the law. All at a time when half of Selma was African American and only ONE percent of the eligible black voters were registered to vote. The were marching to petition their government for the redress of their grievances and they were stopped at the Edmund Petis Bridge on "Bloody Sunday" 7 March 1965 by Alabama State Police.

Answer 2

The purpose was to tell people they were not going to give up, and they were going to keep trying no matter what happens.

Answer 3

The people in fact were marching for voting rights............the marched from slema to montgomery...........long way duds

Answer 4

Im in flvs also lmao and the answer is voting rights 4 African America hahahah

Answer 5

They were part of The Voting Rights Movement. They wanted to highlight racial discrimination and get the same rights as others. There were three marches in total.