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"This is the first commemoration of #BloodySunday without John Lewis. John Lewis was our moral compass, our North Star...He left us this past year, but he didn't leave us without directions & instructions. He told us to vote like never before. And we did." --@Sifill_LDF #Selma56
"That day...Georgia elected for the first time since Reconstruction a Black United States Senator, and GA also elected for the first time in its history a Jewish United States Senator...They are symbols of what we can do when we marshal our strength and determination to vote."
"What Black voters have faced for centuries, when white supremacists have found themselves to be losing power, was finally seen by the entire country on January sixth. And that means we have a lot more work to do than many people understood." --@Sifill_LDF
The courageous demand for full citizenship, the ugly violent denial, the passive bystanders. As it was then, so it is now. We draw strength from the resilience & determination of the #Selma marchers to whom this entire country owes a great debt.
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Iesha Evans in Baton Rouge in 2016 protesting against police violence after the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
Minneapolis, MN on May 26, 2020 after the killing of George Floyd.
