In this year, attacks on the Edmund Pettus Bridge against activists marching from Selma to Montgomery led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act, one year after the Civil Rights Act.
This year was when the photograph of an unconscious Amelia Boynton made national headlines. In this year, Unitarian Universalist minister James J. Reeb was brutally beaten and Viola Liuzzo was shot to death while participating in protests. Quaker Norman Morrison set himself on fire outside the Pentagon during this year, which also featured the "How Long, Not Long" speech delivered at the Alabama State Capitol building. In this year, attacks on the Edmund Pettus Bridge against activists marching from Selma to Montgomery led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act, one year after the Civil Rights Act. For 10 points, name this year, in which now elected President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in for his first full term.
This year was when the photograph of an unconscious Amelia Boynton made national headlines.
1965