There were three Montgomery to Selma marches, which were part of the the voting rights movement in Selma, Alabama. They contributed to highlighting racial injustice in the south. Activists walked the highway showing the desire of blacks to exercise their right to vote. The SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) began working that year in an effort to register black voters. Local and regional protests began, with thousands of people arrested by the end of February. At the first march, state troopers attacked the marchers with clubs and tear gas. This march became known as “Bloody Sunday.” At the second march, the police confronted the marchers at the bridge and stepped aside to let them pass. Though, Martin Luther King lead the marchers
