The Selma to Montgomery marches were to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote.
By March 1966, nearly 11,000 blacks had registered to vote in Selma, where 12,000 whites were registered
Before the march to Montgomery concluded, SNCC staffers Stokely Carmichael and Cleveland Sellers committed themselves to registering voters in Lowndes County for the next year

