Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting rights act of 1965

Introduction : voting rights and protest

Black voters and the federal voting rights enforcement effort in the South, 1940-1964

Selma and the Voting Rights Act : commencement and climax

Selma and the Voting Rights Act : crisis and denouement

Reactions and responses : Selma, Birmingham, and civil rights legislation

Congressmen, constituents, and the news media

Enforcement and effects : the Voting Rights Act and black political participation in the South, 1965-1976

The strategy of protest and the SCLC at Selma.