On March 7, 1965, police officers attacked 525 civil rights demonstrators who were participating in the march between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama. The march was intended to allow black people to vote. Police used tear gas and charged into the crowd on horseback. More than 50 demonstrators were injured. The day of the protest was named "Bloody Sunday", and the event was broadcast across America on national television and in newspapers, and Americans were very angry with the way the authorities handled the situation. Even though people were injured on Bloody Sunday, eight days after Bloody Sunday, President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced a bill in Congress that would become the Black Voting Rights Act of 1965. ("The New York Times") Millions of people around the world Americans were watching television on a Sunday evening when the television program was interrupted by African-Americans being beaten with batons and tear gas. Six hundred people were attacked by police and state troopers and they were wearing riot uniforms. ABC was airing a movie, and then it was discontinued and showed injured African Americans. Most people have never heard of Selma, Alabama, but after March 7, no one would forget. ("National Park Service") Those who said that voting rights were the result of Selma also said that events in Birmingham, Alabama, in April and May of 1963 gave rise to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On more than one occasion, black civil rights activists were led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in marches and faced outrageous tactics from law enforcement. At the Selma march, the protesters were always peaceful, but the police used weapons against them, even though the Selma protesters never did anything wrong. On March 7, a day after Bloody Sunday, dozens of speakers declared that...... middle of document ......islative/resources/education/voting-rights/johnson.html>.Garrow , David. Protest in Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1978. 135-147. Print.√Lewis, John. walk with the wind. 1st. New York: 1999. 335-362. Print."March 7, 1965 | Civil Rights Protesters Attacked in Selma."the New York Times. (2012): no. page. Internet. April 16, 2014. “Selma to Montgomery Marches.” Wikipedia. Np, April 22, 2014. Web. April 22, 2014. “The Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March: Shaking the Conscience of the Nation.” » National Park Service. ndn page. Internet. April 16. 2014. .