By early 1964, the Dallas County Voters League and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's efforts to organize for voting rights in Selma had reached a turning point. In July 1964, Judge James Hare, pressured by Selma law enforcement to quell black protests, imposed an injunction prohibiting mass meetings. The Dallas County Voters League believed they had to break the injunction or lose momentum, but needed the support of a national organization beyond the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. They called on Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who accepted the invitation and brought the Southern Christian Leadership Conference into Selma. King's speech at Brown Chapel in January 1965 violated Judge Hare's injunction and increased attention to the community-based voting rights campaign. Brown Chapel, by opening its doors to King in defiance of the order, became the base for future voting rights demonstrations in Selma. On January 22, 1965, King also challenged segregation barriers by registering at the historic Hotel Albert and then leading a march to register blacks at the county courthouse.