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Questions:
1. What challenges/barriers do Dr. King and his marchers discuss regarding African Americans attempting to register to vote in the South? What do they agree is the worst/biggest one?
2. What role did the press/media play?
3. How effective were the nonviolent tactics in Selma?
4. How did the choices made by activists, ordinary people, and authorities in Selma influence the choices of politicians?
5. Other than the violence endured by the people marching, what is so culturally significant about that first attempt to cross the bridge? Why do so many people know about it?
6. Why do you think/why do people speculate that Dr. King turned around when he did?
7. What happened to John Lewis?
8. What happened to George Wallace?
9. What happened to Jim Clark?
10. What happened to Viola Liuzzo?
11. When was Dr. King killed?
12. Why would people risk their lives to stand up for the right to vote?
13. Overall, what did you think about the film?