Which statements about the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama are true?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A

President Johnson refused to intervene or speak publicly on behalf of the marchers.

B

James Reeb, a white minister from Boston, was murdered in Selma by segregationists.

C

Television stations across the country refused to show attacks on marchers by police because it was too graphic.

D

Clergymen from many faiths joined Martin Luther King, Jr. in a "minister's march" to the Alabama capital.

The correct answer s are B) James Reeb, a white minister from Boston was murdered in Selma by segregationists and D) clergymen from many faiths joined Martin Luther King Jr. "in a Ministers March" to the Alabama capital.

The statements about the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama that are true are: James Reeb, a white minister from Boston was murdered in Selma by segregationists and clergymen from many faiths joined Martin Luther King Jr. "in a Ministers March" to the Alabama capital.

On March 21, 1965, many people participated in the Selma March to Montgomery, with Martin Luther King at the forefront. The local police in Selma tried to impede the initiation of the march in previous days. The march gave the movement national notoriety and was a great precedent for the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

So it was true that during the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, James Reeb, a white minister from Boston was murdered in Selma by segregationists and that clergymen from many faiths joined Martin Luther King Jr. "in a Ministers March" to the Alabama capital.