Sixty Years After the Voting Rights Act, Are Hard-Won Freedoms Slipping Away?
As the Voting Rights Act marks six decades, the battle for voter access faces new threats that echo past injustices, challenging America’s commitment to fair elections and national sovereignty.
On March 7, 1965, a courageous group of young Americans faced down a heavily armed force on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Their peaceful march for voting rights was met with brutal violence that shocked the nation and propelled the passage of the Voting Rights Act just months later.When Courage Met Oppression: Lessons from SelmaCharles Mauldin was just 17 when he stood alongside John Lewis and Hosea Williams at the front lines of history. Despite warnings from state troopers and looming violence — clubs swinging, tear gas released, horses trampling — these marchers refused to back down. The...
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