Thread by @LuluFriesdat

Thread. 1. Biden’s #BloodySunday Order an Important Step in Promoting Voter Access civilrights.org/2021/03/07/bid… via @civilrightsorg

2. I think most of us could use a refresher on #BloodySunday. That includes me. I found a good detailed description at the Encyclopedia of #Alabama.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1876 ""Bloody Sunday" refers to the March 7, 1965, civil rights march"

3. The march was supposed to go 'from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery to protest the shooting death of activist Jimmie Lee Jackson. The roughly 600 marchers were violently driven back by Alabama State Troopers, Dallas County Sheriff's deputies, and a horse-mounted posse"

4. "...after they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The state and county officers beat and gassed the unarmed marchers in an attack, and media coverage of the event shocked the nation and led ultimately to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965."

5. Join us to continue the fight for #RacialEquity in our #Elections. Our work not done. Laws are being passed in many states to make it harder for #peopleofcolor to vote. Shruti Banerjee of @Demos_Org will discuss how #HR1 #S1 is needed to move forward.

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6. I am going to be blunt. It is incumbent on us all, including #whitepeople to work for #racialequity. If you think this is not your issue, or that it's up to #peopleofcolor to do this work - please take a deep look at your priorities. #Racialharmony requires effort from us all.