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    The document compares civil rights issues in Selma, Alabama and Detroit, Michigan during the 1960s. Selma had deeply segregated laws enforced by Governor Wallace, with only 2% of black residents registered to vote. In 1965, protests in Selma led to violence against marchers and the death of a minister, spurring the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Detroit faced police brutality, unemployment, and overcrowded housing, resulting in large riots in 1967 over five days.

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    The document compares civil rights issues in Selma, Alabama and Detroit, Michigan during the 1960s. Selma had deeply segregated laws enforced by Governor Wallace, with only 2% of black residents registered to vote. In 1965, protests in Selma led to violence against marchers and the death of a minister, spurring the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Detroit faced police brutality, unemployment, and overcrowded housing, resulting in large riots in 1967 over five days.

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    The document compares civil rights issues in Selma, Alabama and Detroit, Michigan during the 1960s. Selma had deeply segregated laws enforced by Governor Wallace, with only 2% of black residents registered to vote. In 1965, protests in Selma led to violence against marchers and the death of a minister, spurring the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Detroit faced police brutality, unemployment, and overcrowded housing, resulting in large riots in 1967 over five days.

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    Civil Rights: North vs South

    DETROIT & SELMA


     To be able to argue whether or not it was better in
    the North or the South during the Civil Rights Era
    Goals for the by looking at Detroit and Selma.
    Day  To look at Selma and see the importance it played
    in getting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed
    Civil Rights Timeline

     13th Amendment- bans slavery: 1865


     Plessy v Ferguson: 1896
     Brown v Board: 1954
     Montgomery Bus Boycott: Dec. 1955-Dec. 1956
     Little Rock 9: 1957
     March on Washington: 1963
     Civil Rights Act: 1964
     Voting Rights Act: 1965
     Selma, Alabama was a city with deeply segregated
    laws and policies which were enforced by Gov.
    George Wallace

    Selma:  In March of 1965 only 2% (300 out of 15,000) of


    Selma’s Black population was registered to vote
    Background  Because of this the SCLC and SNCC decided to
    organize a 54-mile march from Selma to
    Montgomery to raise awareness to Selma’s voter
    discrimination
    Selma: Violence
    Breaks Out
     On March 7th, 1965 roughly 600
    protestors set out from Selma to
    begin their march.
     Upon reaching the Edmund
    Pettus Bridge Alabama state
    troops and white vigilante groups
    rushed the protestors and beat
    them with whips, night sticks,
    and tear gas.
     This scene was captured on TV
    an outraged people and hundreds
    more went to Selma to join the
    protests
    Selma Video

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snx58o2kwoc&ab_channel=NBCUniversalArchives
     On March 9th, 1965 the protestors once again began
    their march.
     They made it past the Edmund Pettus Bridge only
    Selma: to be turned back at Highway 80 where a young
    white minister named James Reeb was beaten and
    Continuation killed by segregationists.
     Afterwards Wallace tried to stop the march again,
    but the federal courts told him to let the march go
    on.
     Following this President Johnson called in the
    national guard to protect the marchers and help
    them reach Montgomery on March 25th

    Selma:  Because of the march Congress would pass the


    Voting Rights Act of 1965 that August which
    Conclusion guaranteed the right to vote, banned literacy tests,
    and set up federal oversight in areas where federal
    literacy tests were used.
     In the 1960s the vast majority of Detroit’s police
    force was white and there were constant
    accusations of police brutality and racial profiling
    against the black population of Detroit
    Detroit Race  In addition to this, Detroit had taken an economic
    Riots: downturn after the auto makers and many people
    moved to the suburbs and took their money with
    Background them. This lead to mass unemployment in Detroit
     Finally, in Virginia Park (a predominately Black
    Neighborhood) there were 60,000 people in less
    than 1 sq mi of land.
    Detroit: The Riot
    Breaks Out
     At 3:35 am on July 23rd, 1967
    Detroit police raided a blind pig
    operated by William Scott.
     The police were aggressive while
    arresting the people in the blind
    pig and on lookers threw bottles
    at the police.
     This eventually lead to a large
    scale riot with thousands of
    looters, fires breaking out, and
    destroyed businesses.
     Eventually Gov. George Romney will call in 300 state
    troopers to help calm the riot down.
     This won’t be enough and Romney will ask President
    Johnson to send in federal troops to calm the situation down.
     President Johnson will send in 2000 troops along with tanks
    and armored patrol cars.

    Detroit: The  They will eventually calm the situation down 5 days later on
    July 27th.
    Riots End  The riots will leave 7,000 arrested, 43 killed, 1,400 buildings
    burned, $50 million in property damage, and 5,000 homeless
     In the aftermath, President Johnson will issue the Kerner
    Commission to find out the underlying cause of the riots.
     The Kerner Commission found that underlying
    discrimination like police brutality, lack of jobs, and lack of
    housing will be the cause of the riots.

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