Posted 3/3/2024, 5:01:00 AM
Harris to Join Selma March Anniversary, Spotlight Voting Rights
- Vice President Kamala Harris to join commemorations of the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
- The annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee events remember the 1965 attack on civil rights demonstrators seeking voting rights
- Harris will honor the civil rights movement and address threats to fundamental freedoms
- The 1965 violence helped build support to pass the landmark Voting Rights Act that struck down barriers for Black voters
- The jubilee aims to bring unity, energy to civil rights and economic development to Selma