article_snippet: The clash resulted in the speedy introduction of the Voter's Rights Act, which was signed into law in August of that year by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson.
article_snippet: The Senate and White House recently approved legislation that would award the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor aside from the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 1965 marchers.
article_snippet: legislation that would award the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor aside from the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 1965
highlights_snippet: Alabama state troopers beat demonstrators who participated in the March 7, 1965 event on what is now known as Bloody Sunday .
  