Selma, Alabama | Dallas County
In early 1963, SNCC organizers Bernard and Colia Lafayette started a voter-registration project in Dallas County. After two years, no more than 100 new African-American voters had been added to the voting roster. 15,000 are eligible.
The Issue: The Right to Vote
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Map of march from Selma to Montgomery |
Dallas County Voter Registration | 1964
Whites over 21
Registered White voters:
African-Americans over 21
Registered African-American Voters:
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14,400
9,195
15,115
335
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49%
64%
51%
2%
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