ABSTRACT
With Selma and the Voting Rights Act one phase of development in the civil rights revolution came to an end,’ reflected King in 1967. ‘A new phase opened, but few observers realized it or were prepared for its implications.’ In truth, King only understood this with the benefit of hindsight. ‘When the 1965 SCLC convention took place in August in Birmingham,’ admits SCLC's Andrew Young, ‘we really didn't know what our direction should be after Selma.’ A. Philip Randolph termed the movement's condition a ‘crisis of victory’.
