In fact, the economic
gap between blacks and whites had tended to increase as whites
received the benefits of prosperity in larger portions than did
the blacks. Also, many ghetto residents, whose lives were
surrounded with crime and violence, were further angered when
they watched the evening news showing their Southern brothers
kicked and clubbed by sheriffs. These ghetto residents had not
been schooled in the tactics of nonviolent resistance. In the
summer of 1964, race riots occurred in Harlem and Rochester,
N.Y., as well as in several cities in New Jersey.
In the spring of 1965, Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a
concentrated voter registration drive. The campaign was once
again spearheaded by Martin Luther King and the S.C.L.C. During
the demonstrations, a Black civil rights worker and a Northern
Unitarian clergyman were both killed. Finally, a gigantic march
was planned between Selma and the state capitol at Montgomery.
State officials sought to prohibit the march. The U. S. District
Judge at Montgomery, however, ordered officials to permit the
march and to provide protection for the marchers.
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