The Selma to Montgomery marches were a failure to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote.
 "There will be no march between Selma and Montgomery," Wallace said on March 6, 1965, citing concern over traffic violations
== March to Montgomery ==A week after Reeb's death, on Wednesday March 17, Judge Johnson ruled in favor of the protesters, saying their First Amendment right to march in protest could not be abridged by the state of Alabama:The law is clear that the right to petition one's government for the redress of grievances may be exercised in large groups 

