March lewis5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Blackmon, Amelia Boynton, Ernest Doyle, Marie Foster, James Gildersleeve, J.D. ![]() In 1965, DCVL was led by the "Courageous Eight:" Ulysses S. The Selma Marches were a series of three marches that took place in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. These marches were organized to protest the blocking of Black Americans' right to vote by the systematic racist structure of the Jim Crow South. With the leadership of groups such as the Dallas County Voters League (DCVL), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Selma Marches would become a watershed moment that led to the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.īlack citizens of Alabama were early to formally organize to obtain voting rights with the Dallas County Voters League. ![]()
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