For the third time, civil rights activists begin a march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery to protest the denial of voting rights to African-Americans in Dallas County and across the state of Alabama. After the initial March 7 march ended with police brutality and harassment, President Lyndon Johnson sent federal law enforcement to protect the marchers, who arrived at the Alabama State Capitol on March 25.
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