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PERSPECTIVE: Why we need John Lewis Voting Rights Act to become law

August 29, 2024
By The Chicago Sun-Times
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Then-Vice President Joe Biden and late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., lead a group across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, March 3, 2013. Photo credit: Dave Martin, The Associated Press

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PERSPECTIVE: On anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday,’ those continuing John Lewis’ legacy ask Biden to keep faith in ‘State of the Union’

March 7, 2024
By Melanie Eversley
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Left to right: The Rev. Al Sharpton, Vice President Kamala Harris, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, and Douglas Emhoff, second gentleman of the United States, walk with hundreds of people across the Edmund Pettus Bridge commemorating the 59th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday voting rights march in 1965, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Selma, Alabama. Photo credit: Mike Stewart, The Associated Press

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Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial in Selma as marchers call for voting rights

March 4, 2024
By The Associated Press
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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
The Associated Press

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National civil rights leaders meet with Biden, urge strong actions to protect voting rights

September 6, 2022
By The Tennessee Tribune
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Juneteenth celebration, June 19th, 1900, Texas. Photo credit: Grace Murray

National OpEd

OPINION: Eyeing Juneteenth bill passage with skepticism

June 18, 2022
By Peter M. Williams
NABJ Black News & Views

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