The purpose of the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965 was to demand a constitutional amendment to prohibit states from using race to prevent a person from voting. This march was a pivotal event in the civil rights movement, aimed at highlighting the ongoing struggle for voting rights for African Americans, particularly in the southern United States.
What was the purpose of the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965?(1 point) Responses
to demand that Congress pass a civil rights law ending segregation in public places to demand that Congress pass a civil rights law ending segregation in public places to demand a constitutional amendment to prohibit states from using race to prevent a person from voting to demand a constitutional amendment to prohibit states from using race to prevent a person from voting to demand that Jim Crow laws that suppressed Black voter registration be changed to demand that Jim Crow laws that suppressed Black voter registration be changed to demand an amendment to guarantee equal protection under the laws
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