President Biden on Sunday paid tribute to the heroes of Selma, Alabama’s Bloody Sunday, a turning point for voting rights nearly six decades ago, saying that the fundamental right to vote is “under assault” today in America.
President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma s "Bloody Sunday" to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the civil rights movement at a time when he has been unable to push enhanced voting protections through Congress and a conservative Supreme Court has undermined a landmark voting law.
President Joe Biden has visited Selma, Alabama to pay tribute to the heroes of “Bloody Sunday” joining thousands for the annual commemoration later Sunday of the seminal moment in the civil rights movement that led to passage of landmark voting rights legislation nearly 60 years ago
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Two years ago, his 2021 legislation, named after civil right leader John Lewis, the late Georgia congressman, included provisions to restrict partisan.