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Explanation:
The movie Selma portrays the true events that took place during the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery in order to receive voting rights for African Americans. This academy Award nominated movie not only focuses on solely Martin Luther King and all of his attributions to the movement, it also showcases other organizations that supported, strategically planned, and put the march into action such as the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). What made the showcase of these organizations in this movie that significant is that people can see how much planning and strategy went into these marches and protest.Now that a fair share of people have seen the film; after all it has been nominated for over 25 different awards including an Academy Award for best picture, Ā I think it would be appropriate to list the tactics and strategies that were implemented to craft this historical and life changing march. Letās explore the tactics first;1.)Marching: Marching was obviously a very important part of this movement; the march from Selma to Montgomery was over 30 miles. However Dr. King and his counterparts could not simply just march in any manner they wanted to, they were already under heavy danger and criticism for even considering doing this and so they planned their march with an awareness of traffic violations in the state of Alabama in an attempt to not break the law.
2.) Protesting: This was another tactic that was very much significant in the Selma march. Protesting was done peacefully by Dr. King and the other organizations as well before they met, the continuation of the non-violence practice was something that was discussed and heavily endorsed in the meetings days before the march. A Non-violence response was thought to be the answer although ultimately it seemed to make no difference to law enforcement who responded with violence anyway.
3.) Ā āDisturbing The Peaceā: Those are words taken directly out of Dr. Kingās mouth in the movie. For a great period of time, discrimination, violent, and hatred acts towards black people went unnoticed and unspoken about. With this movement it was important that Dr. King and the supporting organizations voiced what was going on to the public. It was with this tactic that they hoped to gain support and attention from people who were not involved in the movement.
4.) Jail Time: Now some people may not see how spending time in jail would contribute to the cause, but to Dr. King being thrown in jail showed people how serious and down for the cause he was for this movement. Dr. King and his followers knew that they would face jail time by partaking in the March and movement but his tactic was to show people how serious he took this issue and this therefore influenced marches in Detroit, Chicago, and many other cities.
5.) Resistance: Staying strong when faced with great danger played a big role in this march, it also worked hand in hand with the ādisturbing the peaceā tactic which I will further explain when I get into the strategies.
Ā Ā Ā Getting Ā into the strategic section now, every strategy that will be listed is a spin off to the tactics listed above. Beginning with marching, as I mentioned before, Dr. King and his counterparts could not simply just march without being conscious of law violations which would only make situations worse for them. Initially they strategized to walk two by two in a single file line on the sidewalk in order to avoid violating traffic laws in Selma. However they were still attacked by law enforcement which resulted in a less considerate response for the law or traffic violations.
The second and final strategy deals with the nonviolence response to instigation and brutal attacks during these marches, like I said earlier, this also ties in with āDisturbing the peaceā. By calling out these brutal hate crimes and violence against black people and voicing his concern to President Lyndon Johnson and dozens of reporters for radio stations and newspapers, Dr. King, SCLC, and SNNC were able to gain enough attention from the media in order to have their march broadcasted on TV. As shown in the movie, this gave Americans the opportunity to witness the torture African Americas experienced on their journey to equality and how they responded to it. By being non-violent it allowed the adversary (white law enforcement) to be looked at as cruel and unethical when seen that black people were not retaliating in the same manner.
