How Did Extensive Television Coverage of the Violence of "Bloody

question 89

Multiple Choice

How did extensive television coverage of the violence of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama, affect the civil rights struggle?

• A) An enraged public demanded federal intervention, prompting Lyndon Johnson to request from Congress passage of a voting rights bill.
• B) Younger black militants in SNCC became frustrated with nonviolent protests and switched their allegiance from Martin Luther King Jr. to Malcolm X.
• C) A horrified George Wallace, governor of Alabama, sent in the state militia to protect civil rights protesters and fired Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark.
• D) Civil rights activists gave up their idea of marching to Montgomery, setting back any gains made by the Movement.

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