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.