[3] The DCVL was later revived by an eight-member steering committee, known as the "Courageous Eight,": Amelia Boynton, Ulysses S. Blackmon, James E. Gildersleeve, Frederick D. Reese, Rev.
[9] Even when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, legally ending the practice of segregation, they still found difficulty in getting any black voters registered.
[4] In late 1964, they received the help of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led by Martin Luther King Jr.
When the marchers crossed the bridge they were attacked by deputies of the county sheriff Jim Clark and Alabama State Troopers, and Amelia Boynton was beaten and left unconscious in the street.
Other members of the DCVL were Annie Lee Cooper,[12] Louis Lloyd Anderson (pastor of Tabernacle Church), and J. L. Chestnut.