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Worley and Knight Reflect on Selma March

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, March 7, Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley and Alabama Legislative Black Caucus Chair State Representative John Knight (D-Montgomery) both released statements on the 50th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma where peaceful voting rights marchers were attacked by Alabama State Troopers, local police, and a white … Continued
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March 9, 2015

Full Text Of President’s Selma Speech

Staff Report It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes. Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning fifty years ago and made his way to Brown Chapel, heroics were not on his mind. … Continued
March 9, 2015

Byrne Supports Honoring Voting Rights Marches

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, March 4, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) announced in a statement that a bipartisan resolution led by US Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) commemorating the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The resolution would call for the issuance of a … Continued
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March 6, 2015

Senate Passes Gold Medal Bill for Voting Rights Marchers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, Mar 3, 2015, US Representative Terri Sewell (D-Selma), who grew up in Selma, applauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of S517. The bipartisan bill Rep. Sewell introduced in the House awards a Congressional Gold Medal to the voting rights marchers who braved violence to march from Selma to Montgomery. Their courage … Continued
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March 5, 2015

Selma-To-Montgomery March Re-enacted

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter Montgomery, AL – Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Board Chairman Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette, SCLC President Charles Steele, Alabama Sen. Hank Sanders and other leaders held a news conference at 1:30 p.m. today in the 3rd Floor Press Room of the Alabama State House to discuss and detail the full … Continued
February 23, 2015

Sewell Wants To Strengthen Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2015

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, February 13, 2015, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma) issued a written statement after the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2015 was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. While supportive of the legislation’s intent, Congresswoman Sewell wants to see the legislation strengthened. Congresswoman Sewell said, “I am pleased that … Continued
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February 19, 2015
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Beyond Selma: The Next Phase of the Civil Rights Movement

By Representative Darrio Melton Alabama Political Reporter At the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery March, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Alabama Capitol and delivered a speech with a quote that is now etched on his memorial in Washington, D.C.: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends … Continued
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January 20, 2015