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Viola greg was a nursie ining st and white civil rights activist. she decided to join the protesters. she left her home in detroit. t she began transporting marches between montgomery and selma. >> on march 25th, 1965, she was shot to death in her car by four members of the kkk. her passenger, a 19-year-old black activist survived. the klansmen were arrested and a acquit by an all white jury. after her murder, president lyndon johnson ordered an investigation into the kkk. it's believed her death helped encourage lawmakers to pass the voting rights act of 1965. >> her death was not in vain.

2006 chief justice roberts said things have changed in the south. of course it has. has it changed enough? of course not. last year alone, 37 states introduced voter id laws that suppressed voters. we have seen massive voting lines, hundreds of thousands lost their right to vote. we cannot deny the sacrifice of those who died to get this nation where it is today. the legacy of viola greg, of herbert lee, james earl chay li, andrew goodman and michael. the price they paid was too high. the pain cut too deep. we suffer too much to go part of the way on the journey. we cannot stop until we arrive...