Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s- Selma March

Question 1

When was the Selma March?

Answer 1

Early 1965

Question 2

What did Martin Luther King want to target?

Answer 2

Areas of the country where discrimination was worst

Question 3

Why did MLK want to target areas where discrimination was worst?

Answer 3

To encourage more black Americans to register to vote

Question 4

Where is Selma?

Answer 4

Alabama

Question 5

What type of march was it?

Answer 5

A voting march

Question 6

What was the population of Selma? How many were black Americans?

Answer 6

29,000

15,000 were black Americans

Question 7

How many black Americans were registered to vote in Selma?

Answer 7

Only 355 out of 15,000 blacks

Question 8

Who was the sheriff of Selma?

Answer 8

Jim Clarke

Brutal and racist

Question 9

What did Jim Clarke do?

Answer 9

He banned the march as he was racist

Question 10

How many marched in spite of the ban?

Answer 10

600

Without King

Question 11

What happened to the 600 marchers?

Answer 11

They were attacked

Question 12

What did the media dub the march as?

Answer 12

Bloody Sunday as the violence shocked Americans

Question 13

When did King rearrange the march for? What did he do?

Answer 13

11th March

They travelled a short distance and then turned back