--- title: "7 Selma Alabama Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Selma Alabama quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Selma Alabama sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alabama_president-lyndon-johnson-s-high-spirits_319785.jpg" --- > [President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/president-lyndon-johnson-s-high-spirits-were-marked-as-he-circulated/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alabama_president-lyndon-johnson-s-high-spirits_319785.jpg) > [In Selma, Alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. The only place you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/in-selma-alabama-in-1965-only-2-1-percent-of-blacks-of-voting-age/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/john-lewis-1310_age_in-selma-alabama-in-1965-only-2-1-percen_418849.jpg) > [On March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights activists marched in Selma, Alabama, demanding an end to racial discrimination. The demonstration was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-iii/on-march-7-1965-some-600-civil-rights-activists-marched-in-selma/) [Martin Luther King III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb3/martin-luther-king-iii-5061_civil-rights_on-march-7-1965-some-600-civil-rights-ac_565517.png) > [I don't understand it, how President Johnson can send troops to Vietnam and cannot send troops to Selma, Alabama, to protect people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/i-don-t-understand-it-how-president-johnson-can-send-troops-to/) [John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/john-lewis-1310_desire_i-don-t-understand-it-how-president-john_1068544.jpg) > [There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-was-something-stirring-across-the-country-because-of-what/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/barack-obama-17_alabama_there-was-something-stirring-across-the_1105855.jpg) > [But something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks were willing to march across a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/but-something-stirred-across-the-country-because-of-what-happened-in/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/barack-obama-17_alabama_but-something-stirred-across-the-country_1627296.jpg) > [Think of all the hate there is in Red China, then take a look around to Selma, Alabama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-mcguire/think-of-all-the-hate-there-is-in-red-china-then-take-a-look-around/) [Barry McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-mcguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/barry-mcguire-23832_activism_think-of-all-the-hate-there-is-in-red-ch_2524640.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selma-alabama/#itemlist", "name": "Selma Alabama Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt to be historic, the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act… The bill that lay on the polished mahogany desk was born in violence in Selma, Alabama, where a stubborn sheriff... had stumbled against the future.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther King, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/president-lyndon-johnson-s-high-spirits-were-marked-as-he-circulated/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alabama_president-lyndon-johnson-s-high-spirits_319785.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alabama_president-lyndon-johnson-s-high-spirits_319785.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alabama_president-lyndon-johnson-s-high-spirits_319785.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had…” — Martin Luther King, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Selma, Alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. 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