THIS IS DUE IN LESS THAN AN HOUR Selma is a major city in Dallas County, Alabama. In 1961, 15,000 African Americans were eligible to vote in Dallas County, but only 130, less than 1%, had registered. The Dallas County Voters League (DCVL) was a group formed in 1920 to increase the number of African American voters. In 1963, the DCVL began working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The SNCC was a powerful civil rights group created by college students at Shaw University. Together, the SNCC and the DCVL built a team of volunteers who knocked on doors and encouraged people to register. They also held voter education classes and registration events. Sheriff Jim Clark responded to their activities with violence and arrests. Near the end of 1964, the DCVL asked another civil rights organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), to join them. Members of the SCLC came to Selma with their president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By January 1965, civil rights leaders like Dr. King, Bernard Lafayette, John Lewis and Hosea Williams were working together, and Selma had become the center of the voting rights movement.

Selma became the center of the voting rights movement as a result of
A
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s arrest.
B
several civil rights groups working together.
C
the SCLC asking the DCVL to join them.
D
very high voter registration rates in Dallas County.