Selma Sparknotes

The happenings in Selma, Alabama during the year 1965, served as a catalyst to the Voting Rights Act, which eliminated any discrimination at the polls all over America, and the catalyst for these happenings in Selma was Jimmie Lee Jackson. The historical drama, Selma, tells the story of Selma, Alabama in 1965. It is not a documentary therefore, some details were changed, exaggerated or left out due to the fact that this is a historical drama. The movie, Selma, serves the purpose of showing the events in Selma and how they influenced the conclusion of the movie, the passing of the Voting Rights Act by Lyndon B. Johnson. This film is considered a drama therefore, some things are dramatized to compel the audience to feel a certain way, however,

If you asked the average American about the Civil Rights movement, you would definitely hear about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. If you talked to someone with a better memory of history class they may tell you about Malcolm X. The movie Selma released on Christmas day of 2014 covers the Civil Rights movement and is praised for being a compelling movie and a historically accurate one. Selma is a historically accurate movie because it brought in other civil rights leaders, the facts that it got wrong were deliberately purpose, and it showed his relationship with Lyndon B Johnson.

“Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.” This quote was said by Martin Luther King Jr during the film Selma, and epitomizes his determination presented in the film. Selma, produced in 2014 and directed by Ava DuVernay is an extraordinary film. This film tells about King and supporters determination to obtain equal voting rights for African Americans in Alabama during 1965. Africans were still suffering from segregation and lack of equal rights. King, played by David Oyelowo, and his driven supporters desire to make a change, which leads to the historical events captured in this film. The filmmakers and actors did a wonderful job, allowing viewers to see and understand what took

The movie Selma is about 1965 campaign by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to protect the equal voting right for African-American citizens. So the main theme of this movie is that every citizen should have a right to vote and all citizens should have equal voting rights. This movie is likewise loaded with religious and profound themes in regards to the power of love, encounter with insidiousness and abhors, the power of confidence, the power of religious groups, boldness, and freedom. Selma demonstrates a significant occasion in current U.S. history and with remedies for its deception identifying with President Johnson, can upgrade a unit on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and additionally

A: INTRO: In 1965, Martin Luther King and the southern Christian Leadership group made Selma, and Alabama the focus of their efforts to register Black people to vote. That March 1965, protesters were attempting to march from Selma to the State Capital of Montgomery. As the world watched the protest go on. King’s participation helped raise awareness of difficulty faced by Black voters. The need for a voting rights ACT, passed later that year.

The Troubled Man Louie Zamperini a name that should go down in history. Louie could run a mile in 4:07.9 (indoors). He survived 47 days lost at sea, on a raft with 2 other people. He also survived 4 POW camps. In the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Louie Zamperini appears to be very determined and resourceful.

They were bombed, attacked and had zero rights. Coloured people wanted the right to vote on their own but people thought that they didn't deserve to vote because they were worthless. As shown in the movie, Martin Luther King Jr. and his supporters tried hard to get the president to see that they are people and should get to vote. Unfortunately, the president felt that this matter wasn't very critical to fix. King decided that in order to be heard, they would need to protest. Finally, they were given more rights and the ability to vote on their own. In today’s world, every ethnicity has the capability to vote. The United States even had a black president which would have been unfathomable to people in the time of Selma. Although there have been changes in the world regarding racism, white people still have more privilege and equality for everyone is far from being

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the fall of 1957 and it allowed federal prosecution of anyone that tried to prevent citizens from voting. Even though the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was passed it wasn’t until after a Baptist minister and civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. that yet another Civil Rights Act was passed. Regardless of all the hatred and racism in the world, King still managed to keep his posture and speak out loud enough that everyone attending could hear even with him knowing in the back of his mind that he could’ve been assassinated at any time. King’s purpose behind his speech was that he wanted to ultimately end racial discrimination and segregation, but he also fought for African Americans to have civil rights. In 1964, the year immediately following his speech his wishes were granted as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was put into place. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a bill that was passed that banned discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin according to www.history.com. Despite all Americans having the

The book Unbroken details the struggles and hardships Louie Zamperini found as a P.O.W. in Japan during World War Two. Laura Hillenbrand wrote ths nonfiction novel about Zamperini's life as a troublemaking youth, a soldier, and his post bellum life as a family man and community leader.         Louie Zamperini was born in Olean, New York to parents native to Italy. His family moved to Torrance, California, where he became a troublemaking youth who was always fighting and getting into trouble. Zamperini was known as a public nuisance to the town, until his brother, Pete, put him on the right track.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, was passed in order to ban discrimination in public places as well as strengthen the role of the federal government to end segregation in public places. Also included in this act was the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which was established in order to ensure racial discrimination was not occurring within employment. The aspect of desegregation was not occurring rapidly in Southern states, such as Alabama. Not only was desegregation not occurring quickly under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but also the act did not address any issues with voting rights among the African-American community. The civil rights movement grew strong in southern regions especially racially tense areas such as Selma. In the city of Selma as well as a variety of other southern regions, African-Americans were harassed when attempting to practice their fundamental rights of voting through poll taxes and literacy tests. In 1965, only 1% of African-Americans were registered to vote in Selma but 50% of Selma’s population was African-American. In order to address the lack of voting rights, Martin Luther King and the SNCC worked vigorously on setting up marches to overcome the injustice that was occurring in Selma. Due to the overly aggressive authorities in the South, a majority of the marches ended violently thus increasing public support for new legislation to ensure the basic right of voting to the African-American

Before the movement pushed the passing of this act, African Americans were stopped from voting through literacy tests or impossible tests, such as reciting the entire constitution (Voting 1). Voting officials also told African Americans that they got the wrong time and or date to deter them making their voice heard through votes. Strongly affecting the creation of this legislation, Martin Luther King led the Selma to Montgomery March (Civil 5). In addition, the march brought a lot of publicity to the issues because of the violent and horrifying response of the police force to the march, who attacked protesters with tear gas, nightsticks and whips when protesters refused to turn back (Voting

King due to the safety of his people. On March 15, 1965, President Johnson invited both Dr. King and John Lewis to listen to speech related to events on Bloody Sunday and vowed to act with Congress to design a law to eliminate illegal barriers to the right to vote. Later that week, the federal judge officially issued a ruling on the right to march and granted Dr. King the right to lead a march from Selma to Montgomery with the protection of federal State Troopers. Immediately, Dr. King set a new march date: March 21, 1965 which was huge success. Incidentally, President Johnson introduced the voting rights bill into Congress same day. Incidentally, few weeks before President Johnson introduced the voting rights bill, a prominent black activist, Malcom X spoke at rally in Selma telling blacks that many of his black activists and civil rights leaders would not agree with him in taking a radical approach to remove racial inequality and injustices since he saw no progress in moral suasion. Later, Malcolm X was interviewed about his speech about taking radical approach in Selma but his response was that his speech was to send a message to both government and police of Selma that blacks can respond with force if

The movie, "Selma," was an accurate picture of events that occurred in 1965. It followed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he fought against the government in their chase to reject the “Black Americans” of their American rights. People knew that after blacks were still being denied their right to vote, still being discriminated from public places, and still being abused by white officers for no reason, and them not being annoyed for

Equality and Justice - false promises a nation was created to protect. The historical drama, Selma (2014), directed by Ava DuVernay, depicts some of the struggles African-Americans faced in the pursuit of equality and justice during the mid 1950’s to 1960’s, and the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in his attempt to overcome such inequalities. Even before its release, Selma received backlash from critics who claimed it falsely depicted Lyndon B. Johnson at odds with Martin Luther King Jr, and alleged that the murder of the four girls at the Birmingham Church occurred in September 1963, rather than at the end of 1964, which the film suggests. Regardless of such claims, the film, Selma, does depict a historical event set forth by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965. During this time period, racial segregation was prominent, especially in the southern states. The government justified such segregation based on the 14th Amendment’s wording of “separate but equal”. However, many African-Americans were dissatisfied and demanded true equality. It was not until the mid 1960’s, after Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, that racial tension began to decline. Although Martin Luther King Jr.’s role was invaluable in the Civil Rights Movement and required great courage, Selma aims to portray a complex side of King, mixing his bravery and determination with self-doubts and internal conflicts in his pursuit of justice and equality.

Selma is based on a true story that happened in 1965 in Selma, Alabama. Selma was the city that ended suffrage for African Americans because of Rev Martin Luther king and the help from his Christian family. The movie has some intense violence and a lot of foul language, but overall is mainly about Christian and moral content. Even though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 desegregated in certain areas. It made it more difficult for black to register to vote. In 1964 Rev Martin Luther king receives a Noble Pace Prize. The Civil Rights Act was outlaw segregation in all 50 states, but African Americans where still having trouble at that time. Martin decides voting should be there next fight. So, they march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.