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President Joe Biden walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2023, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement. With Biden is Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Photo credit: Patrick Semansky

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In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault

March 6, 2023
By Kim Chandler and Aamer Madhani

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The sanctuary at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, is seen before the start the funeral service for Tyre Nichols on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Nichols died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop. Photo credit: Andrew Nelles, The Tennessean via The Associated Press, pool

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‘We’re all Tyre’: Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest

February 1, 2023
By Aaron Morrison & Travis Loller

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‘I’d be honored’: Rev. Al Sharpton to give eulogy at Tyre Nichols’ funeral in Memphis

February 1, 2023
By Lucas Finton

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Family members and supporters hold a photograph of Tyre Nichols at a news conference in Memphis, Tennessee, Jan. 23, 2023. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, that the federal investigation into the death of a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police “may take some time.” Speaking during a news conference, U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz said his office is working with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in Washington as it investigates the case of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after his January 7 arrest. Photo credit: Gerald Herbert

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5 Memphis cops charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death

January 26, 2023
By Adrian Sainz and Rebecca Reynolds

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Union laborers, voting rights advocates and civil rights activists march down Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, between the old Ebenezer Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached and the church's new campus. They marched as part of the 38th federal holiday observance honoring the slain civil rights leader. Photo credit: Bill Barrow

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On King’s holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words

January 16, 2023
By Melanie Eversley

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The Rev. Al Sharpton has tested positive for COVID-19. Photo credit: Lorie Shaull

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Rev. Al Sharpton tests positive for COVID-19

June 11, 2022
By Melanie Eversley

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