The Selma to Montgomery marches were part of a broader voting rights movement underway in writing.
:4748,5052Following the 1964 elections, civil rights organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) pushed for federal action to protect the voting rights of racial minorities
 Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 19441969

