Filter by: Supreme CourtVoting RightsHistoryRacial JusticeElectionsGovernmentCensusDistrictingProtestConstitutionLocal ElectionsLocal GovernmentState GovernmentStatehood Bloody Sunday Anniversary The events of March 7, 1965 were considered to be a turning point for civil rights & led directly to passage of the Voting Rights Act. The March on Washington In 1963, leaders of the civil rights movement organized the March on Washington to protest ongoing racial inequity.