5. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Alabama Governor George Wallace was a notorious opponent of desegregation, and the
local county sheriff in Dallas County had led a steadfast opposition to black voter
registration drives.
B. Even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of
race, efforts to register black voters were met with fierce resistance in southern states.
C. The march from Selma to Montgomery helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by
black voters in the South and the need for a Voting Rights Act.

D. President Lyndon Johnson went on national television to pledge his support for Selma-to-
Montgomery marchers and lobby for passage of new voting rights legislation.