The Selma Marches were marches and protests held in 1965 that are considered the pinnacle of the American civil rights movement. It involved three marches from Selma to Alabama's capital, Montgomery. The marches grew out of the voting rights movement in Selma, started by residents who formed the Dallas County Voters League. The best-known march was the first, named Bloody Sunday because of the officers' response on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The Selma marches led to many advances in the civil rights movement and truly ignited the black civil movement. The DCVL and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizers began working for black voter registration in 1963. White resistance to black voter registration was very extreme in the South. Racist southerners threatened blacks who tried to register even though it was well within their rights. Ultimately, the DCVL asked the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; which was led by Martin Luther King Jr. for help. The SCLC and King brought in many civil rights leaders to participate in the marches. The SCLC was at the majority of protests in the South regarding the rights or lack thereof of black people in the South. On February 18, 1965, CT Vivian, in protest of the arrest of James Orange, led a march to the courthouse in Marion, Alabama. . State officials sent orders to blockade the courthouse with a line of Alabama state troopers. They were waiting for the protesters with orders to specifically target Vivian. All streetlights at the site were turned off and state police rushed toward the attacking protesters. One of the protesters alongside Vivian was Jimmie Lee Jackson. He fled the scene with his mother. They hid me......in the middle of paper......cies. The SCLC joined in supporting the boycott. The company responded by calling a meeting with Hammermill management and the boycotters. The meeting led to Hammermill signing an agreement to support integration in Alabama. The Selma marches changed many opinions about the civil rights movement. Images of police beating nonviolent demonstrators were broadcast across the country on television and newspapers. This brutality opened eyes to the problematic segregation of the South. This then made the marches bigger and bigger to demand rights. For many, the Selma marches are considered the pinnacle of the civil rights movement. In 1996, the historic 54-mile Selma-Montgomery Trail was created and will forever be remembered for the endurance of the walkers and the voting rights that came from these marches..