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In many cases, the same baseless and thinly-veiled rationales used to challenge ballot access in the 1960s are resurfacing today in support of these efforts to shrink our democracy. Top left: Alabama police attack Selma to Montgomery marchers, known as “Bloody Sunday,” in 1965 Top right: Marchers carrying the banner “We march with Selma!” down a street in Harlem, New York City, New York in 1965 Bottom left: Participants in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama Bottom right: Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, their families, and others leading the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march (Photos: Wikimedia Commons via NNPA)

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