Televised images of the violence sent shockwaves throughout the country and helped put pressure on politicians to act against discrimination at the polls.
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"What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and State of America," Johnson said in an address."It is the effort of American Negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life. Their cause must be our cause too. Because it is not just Negroes, but really it is all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome."President Lyndon B.
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