"Selma" is a feature film released in the United States on January 9, 2015. This film is directed by Ava DuVernay The film mainly tells the story of Martin Luther King Jr., an American civil rights fighter, who organized an uprising in 1965. The story background of the film took place in the 1960s, as Martin Luther King, the organizer of the Montgomery bus strike, called on blacks in the city to resist public law, forcing the local court to cancel some seat segregation on public transportation. measure
Martin Luther King organized a march for the rights of blacks in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States in 1963. Three very massive protests were held in Maryland, Montgomery, and Alabama. The rise of this movement promoted the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which later allowed blacks to have the same right to vote and be elected, and let their rights Guaranteed by law. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated by racist extremists.