The vice president is traveling to Alabama to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the day when white state troopers attacked Black voting rights marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
FILE - Alabama state troopers attack voting rights demonstrators in Selma, Ala., in this file photo from March 7, 1965. Despite being known worldwide as a beacon of voting rights, the city and surrounding Dallas County had one of the worst voter turnouts in Alabama for the 2020 presidential election, and some are trying to increase voter participation. SELMA, Ala.
Her visit to the city that served as the cradle of the Voting Rights Act comes as Democrats have unsuccessfully tried to update the landmark law and pass additional measures to make it more convenient for people to vote. “The John Lewis bill means a lot to us because so many of us worked together on the bill with John being the leader and the inspiration,” Hoyer said during an interview in Birmingham on Friday.
President Joe Biden used a small portion of his State of the Union speech to renew his plea for Congress to take action.
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Kamala Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in Selma - New York Amsterdam NewsVice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Alabama this weekend to commemorate a key moment of the civil rights movement.
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Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in SelmaVice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama on Sunday as the nation marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote, a trip that comes as congressional efforts to restore the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act have faltered.
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Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in SelmaSELMA, Ala. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama on Sunday as the nation marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote, a trip that comes as congressional efforts to restore the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act have faltered.
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Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in SelmaVice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama as the nations marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote.
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Harris to mark 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in SelmaVice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama as the nations marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote
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Harris to Mark ‘Bloody Sunday' Anniversary in SelmaVice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama as the nations marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote.
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