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Including a 25-year-old john lewis and chase them back over the edmund pettus bridge in selma. the televised violence beamed into the homes of americans later that night helped a nation find its conscience and galvanize support for the passage of the voting rights act five months later. that was the power johnson needed in 1965. now 56 years later that landmark legislation is under assault. two rulings by the supreme court have undermined the ability of the voting rights act to stop the implemen...

He must have said at least ten times in the conversation, i agree with you doctor king. i just dont have the power. i agreed with the president. we came out and i said this, and he said no, and i said, well what are you going to do? he said we are going to get the president some power. >> we are going to get to the president some power. their idea to get the president some power was to organize a march from selma to montgomery and the rest is history. they world saw alabama state troopers beat p...