Let 's get you registered to vote . '' Few African - Americans living in Deep South were allowed to vote before 1965 . ` ` Bloody Sunday '' ' led to swift passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . Activists : America has gone from dream of civil rights ` ` revolution . '' ` ` There 's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come , '' says Mants .
Few African - Americans living in Deep South were allowed to vote before 1965 . ` ` Bloody Sunday '' ' led to swift passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . Activists : America has gone from dream of civil rights ` ` revolution . '' ` ` There 's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come , '' says Mants .