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He was one of the officials responsible for the violent arrests of civil rights protestors during the Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965, and is remembered as a racist whose brutal tactics included using cattle prods against unarmed civil rights supporters.
Jun 7, 2007 · His tenure was characterized by widespread violence against civil rights demonstrators, in particular black citizens trying to register to vote. On Mr. Clark’s authority, protesters were...
Mar 1, 2015 · His disdain for civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and Hosea Williams was evident.
Jun 7, 2007 · Jim Clark, a former Alabama sheriff whose violent confrontations with voting rights marchers in Selma shocked the nation in 1965 and gave momentum to the civil rights movement, has died....
Feb 21, 2021 · In a new posthumous memoir, civil rights giant C.T. Vivian recalls his confrontation with racist Sheriff Jim Clark, which became a seminal moment in the civil rights movement.
Jun 4, 2007 · A notorious foe of the African American freedom struggle, James Clark served as sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama, from 1955 to 1967. After years of antagonizing local civil rights workers, Clark clashed with Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during 1965 voting rights protests in Selma, Alabama.
Jun 6, 2007 · Former Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark, whose violent confrontations with voting rights marchers in Selma gave momentum to the civil rights movement in the 1960s, has died at 84.
His tenure was characterized by widespread violence against civil rights demonstrators, in particular black citizens trying to register to vote. On Mr. Clark’s authority, protesters were...
Jim Clark Slows Vivian. Selma sheriff Jim Clark grabs Vivian’s sleeve as he tries to enter the Selma courthouse on February 5, 1965 during a voter registration protest. Clark became infamous for his part in the savage outbreak of violence during the march from Selma to Montgomery, captured in American memory as “Bloody Sunday.”
Mar 7, 2015 · In Sheriff Jim Clark, black leaders had the perfect adversary. A former rancher, Clark had for years corralled black protesters seeking the right to vote with a cattle prod.
