ECU // LAV staff traveled to Selma to commemorate the anniversary
End Citizens United // Let America Vote Action Fund President Tiffany Muller released the following statement on the 57th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march:
“In 1965, civil rights activists, including the late Congressman John Lewis, bravely marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama to stand up for the freedom to have their voices heard and their votes counted through the passage of the Voting Rights Act among other civil rights protections. On that day, Black men and women risked their lives to fight against our country’s long, dark history of racism and voter suppression, and in the pursuit of justice.
“Last year, we saw a renewed attack on the freedom to vote with an intensity not seen since the Jim Crow era. In 34 states, 19 different anti-voter bills were passed into law to restrict access to the ballot box, specifically targeting Black voters.
“On this anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we remember the legacy of the heroic men and women who marched that day and call on the Senate to honor that legacy by passing the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which would protect the freedom to vote and help protect Black Americans against future discrimination at the ballot box.”
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