What did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference make Selma, Alabama, the focus of?

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Council responded to fierce resistance to the registration of black voters by organizing a march from Selma to Montgomery. What does the text describe is an effect of this march?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race. However, efforts led by civil rights organizations to register black voters were met with fierce resistance in southern states. In Alabama's Dallas County, the local county sherriff had led a steadfast opposition to black voter registration drives. As a result, only 2 percent of Selma’s eligible black voters had managed to register. What can be concluded about the South's reaction to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 based on this information from the text?

Based on the text, why was public awareness of the Selma march important?

What is the main idea of this passage?

Read these sentences from the text: "Along with the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act was one of the most expansive pieces of civil rights legislation in American history. Its effects greatly reduced the disparity between black and white voters in the U.S. and allowed a greater number of African Americans to enter political life at the local, state and national level." Based on this evidence, what is the meaning of the word "expansive" in this excerpt?

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. __________ the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race, efforts to register black voters were still met with fierce resistance.