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During the march from Selma to Montgomery TV coverage of the violence faced by protestors is credited with helping to galvanize passage of the Voting Rights Act. But lynchings, rape, and violence against blacks had been going on for decades. What made this different?

by /u/nowlan101 in /r/AskHistorians

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