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Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
9:09 AM on 03/11/2010
VIDEO - Take a ride down Broad Street in Selma, and history will greet you nearly every block...
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John Lewis remembers 'Bloody Sunday' march, beatings
4:53 PM on 03/07/2010
SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Georgia Congressman John Lewis strolled to the middle of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday and remembered the incident 45 years ago...
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How 'Bloody Sunday' changed America
11:43 AM on 03/07/2010
OPINION - Selma, Alabama has long occupied a central place in the story of our nation's long struggle to extend voting rights to African-Americans. In 1965, the town...
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Precious director may march to Selma
12:12 PM on 11/18/2009
FROM THE GUARDIAN> It is the Alabama town forever associated with the civil rights struggle after state troopers clubbed and tear-gassed activists as they tried to march on the state capital, Montgomery, 54 miles away. Now the story of the historic marches from Selma in 1965, which led to legislation...
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Proposed law would restore voting rights to felons
6:40 AM on 09/22/2009
VIDEO - There are currently more than 5 million American citizens who cannot vote because of a criminal conviction, and 2 million of those 5 million are African-Americans...
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Sotomayor's confirmation punctuates another civil rights milestone
3:30 PM on 08/06/2009
This afternoon, the Senate voted to make Sonia Sotomayor the first Latina and only the third woman...
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44 years after landmark act, voting rights still needed
9:17 AM on 08/06/2009
Today marks the 44th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act. It was passed to reverse Jim Crow laws, which effectively denied African Americans the right to vote for decades.
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theGrio Reflects: Signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
3:29 PM on 06/22/2009
In light of today's Supreme Court decision to exempt a district in Texas from the Voting Rights Act , theGrio.com reflects on the 1965 signing of the Voting Rights Act and its purpose. Signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and witnessed by leaders such as Roy Wilkins and Martin...
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