Harris to Mark ‘Bloody Sunday' Anniversary in Selma

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Alabama as the nations marks a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote.

Sunday marks the 57th anniversary of when white state troopers attacked peaceful demonstrators in Alabama who were marching for the right to voteVice 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.

State troopers on March 7, 1965, beat and tear-gassed peaceful demonstrators, including young activist John Lewis, who later became a longtime Georgia congressman. he images of the violence shocked a nation and helped galvanize support for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The legislation, named for Lewis who died in 2020, is part of a broader elections package that collapsed in the U.S. Senate in February.

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