King met with President Johnson after winning the Nobel Peace Prize to urge him to enact voting rights legislation in the South, though Johnson said Congress presented obstacles. Johnson had already begun drafting a voting rights bill four days prior. After a man's death in Selma, King continued lobbying Johnson about the need for civil rights legislation, but Johnson was finalizing a bill. While the film Selma portrayed tensions between King and Johnson, in reality Johnson heavily championed the Voting Rights Act despite congressional divides, and the violent response in Selma accelerated the White House's timeline rather than King's speech alone igniting change.