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Justice Department under Trump drops voting rights cases

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Under the Trump administration the Justice Department has stepped away from some voting rights lawsuits, leaving behind a gap in enforcement of protections against racial discrimination in elections.

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Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Marks Continued Fight for Voting Rights

Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, hundreds of civil rights activists, also known as foot soldiers, marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to fight for the right to vote for Black people. As they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Alabama State Troopers brutally beat them. The violence these activists endured became synonymous with the struggle for Black enfranchisement. The Edmund Pettus Bridge march, alongside three other marches in A…

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Justice Department under Trump drops voting rights cases

Under the Trump administration the Justice Department has stepped away from some voting rights lawsuits, leaving behind a gap in enforcement of protections against racial discrimination in elections.

8 days ago·Washington, United States

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Family Fun Day, rally mark 60th anniversary of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march

People from across the country spent the weekend in Montgomery to mark the 60th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights. At Carver High School Saturday, a Family Fun Day and a Stars for Freedom Rally were held to remember the events of 1965 that led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act by President Lyndon Johnson. That march followed Bloody Sunday in Selma, where marchers had been attacked after crossing the Edmund Pett…

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