Grassroots efforts were key in pushing for voting rights, with local folks organizing and participating in voter registration drives despite facing tremendous risk.
In places like Selma, Alabama, local activists led efforts to register black voters, facing extreme opposition. This culminated in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965.
Image: Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
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