Except for that march, it was over the issue of the right to vote for black Americans in that town. Here are the numbers. 15,000 eligible black voters in Selma, Alabama. How many were actually registered to vote? Out of the 15,335. What's happening? Why did more register? Because they put a test down, a literacy test, before they could vote. And you had to pass that test to be eligible to vote. (01:58–02:10)
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Asserts that only 335 out of 15,000 eligible black voters were registered in Selma, Alabama.
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