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🧵(1/3) This Sunday, I remember the sacrifice, resolve and determination of those who faced brutal attacks by law enforcement and White vigilante groups as they sought to march from Selma to Montgomery for the right to register and #vote. 
Led by #HoseaWilliams, #JohnLewis, #AmeliaBoynton, and others, this momentous day in #CivilRights history, known as #BloodySunday, “galvanized public opinion and highly influenced the passing by Congress and signing into law by #PresidentJohnson #TheVotingRightsActof1965. (2/3)
Let us not allow the clock to be turned back.
#RestoreVotingRightsNow #PassJohnLewisVotingRightsAct #TheVotingRightsActof1965 (3/3)
#RestoreVotingRightsNow #PassJohnLewisVotingRightsAct #TheVotingRightsActof1965 (3/3)
