In February 1965, following the arrest of Martin Luther King, Jr., a 15-Member congressional delegation traveled to Selma, Alabama, to get a firsthand look at demonstrations against voting discrimination and to observe voter registration efforts. A separate group of Alabama Members—including (from left to right) Representatives James Martin, William Dickinson, John Buchanan, and Glenn Andrews—also travelled to the state, to assert that the investigation was an unwarranted intrusion on their constituents’ local affairs.
