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Irrefutable evidence, that black people were being denied their constitutional right to vote. king targeted selma, alabama, where less than 2% of black residents were registered to vote. the first attempted march for voting rights from selma to montgomery drew several hundred to the edmund pettus bridge. >> no money, no real plan. but i was thinking politically and practically. he was thinking spiritually. >> reporter: as the marchers crossed the bridge, they were brutally beaten and tear gassed by alabama state troopers and local police. bloody sunday, broadcast around the world, providing jo...

Brutally beaten and tear gassed by alabama state troopers and local police. broadcast around the world. providing johnson the political momentum needed to urgently get the voting rights legislation back in play. >> there is no negro problem. there is no southern problem. there is no northern problem. there is only an american problem. >> reporter: the voting rights act passed about five months later, and was signed into law on august 6th, 1965, forbidding racial discrimination in voting. >> we have to stay engaged, have to stay on the battlefield because things don't permanently change unless ...

Their constitutional right to vote. king targeted selma, alabama, where less than 2% of black residents were registered to vote. the first attempted march for voting rights from selma to montgomery drew several hundred to the edmund pettus bridge. >> no money, no real plans. i was thinking politically and practically, he was thinking spiritually. >> reporter: as the marchers crossed the bridge they were brutally beaten and teargassedbloody sunday broadcast around the world to urgently get vote rights legislation back in play. >> there is no negro problem. there is no southern problem. there is...

Practically. he was thinking spiritually. >> reporter: as the marchers crossed the bridge, they were brutally beaten and teargassed by alabama state troopers and local police. bloody sunday broadcast around the world, providing johnson the political momentum he needed to urgently get the voting rights legislation back in play. >> there is no negro problem. there is no southern problem. there is no northern problem. there is only an american problem. >> reporter: the voting rights act passed about five months later and was signed into law on august 6th, 1965, forbidding racial discrimination in...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 31 May 2021 By the “Nigerian Dilemma”, I am referring to the ethno-sectarian divide that defines the perennial conflict, violence and nebulous between North and South – between Muslims and Christians in our country. It has virtually become Nigeria’s national curse; colouring every aspect of its political and human development. I echo the famous work on race in America by the Swedish economist and Nobel laureate,  Gunnar Myrdal. ( An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947). By the “Amer...