President Johnson denounces the brutality in Alabama in a meeting with governor George Wallace

March 13, 1965
President Johnson denounces the brutality in Alabama in a meeting with governor George Wallace

In a personal meeting with President Lyndon Johnson, Governor Wallace defends himself against charges of police brutality during voting rights protests in Selma by blaming Martin Luther King for stirring up trouble. Johnson rejects Wallace's contentions.

March

1965

Major Events

March 5, 1965
King and Johnson meet to discuss voting rights act

March 7, 1965
Voting rights marchers are beaten at Edmund Pettus Bridge

March 9, 1965
King leads second attempt at a voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.

March 13, 1965
President Johnson denounces the brutality in Alabama in a meeting with governor George Wallace

March 15, 1965
President Johnson addresses Congress in support of a Voting Rights Bill

March 20, 1965
President Johnson federalizes the Alabama National Guard to oversee Selma to Montgomery march

March 25, 1965
Selma to Montgomery March

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