D.C. leaders gathered to celebrate the John Lewis National Day of Commemoration and Action, honoring the civil rights leader’s legacy and emphasizing the importance of voting and statehood for the District.
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Biden marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order
In this March 7, 1965, file photo, a state trooper swings a billy club at John Lewis, right foreground, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. The March 7, 2021, Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee will be the first without the towering presence of Lewis, […]