and in the melee that followed, a young civil rights leader named jimmie lee jackson was killed by an alabama state trooper while he was trying to protect his mother and grandfather from a beating. and it's thought that clark and the others were there to get vivian for that encounter that they had. and of course, the marion pople were so distraught over jimmie lee jackson's death that one of them said, "let's take his coffin and to george wallace in montgomery and put it on the capitol steps." and from that came the idea of this march from selma to montgomery. and so there was a debate in king's circle. should they go forward, they might encounter again what had been encountered in marion. and king's advisors were divided. some said, "yes, let's go forward." king himself was uncertain. >> as you know, and write about, president johnson didn't want that march to happen either. now, of course, he changed his mind later. and when lyndon johnson changed his mind, he came out the cross of a charging bear and a crafty fox. but at the moment, he was doing what he could to prevent that march