Selma March for right to vote

On this day in 1965, African-Americans and others, led by Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy, began their historic march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital, Montgomery.  They were protesting against oppression by the ruling Democratic Party that prevented them from exercising their right to vote.  Police at the command of the Democrat Governor, George Wallace, had savagely atacked African-Americans who had attempted the march two weeks earlier.  This time, however, a federal judge, Frank Johnson, had ordered Gov. Wallace not to interfere.

Frank Johnson, appointed to the federal bench by Republican President Dwight Eisenhower, had acted as Eisenhower's campaign manager in Alabama during the 1952 presidential election. 

Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country, showing office-holders, candidates, and activists how they would benefit tremendously from knowing and appreciating our Party's heritage of civil rights achievement.  See www.republicanbasics.com for more information about the Republican Party and about the book, Back to Basics for the Republican Party, which shows Republicans how to campaign against Democrats more effectively.

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