✍🏾: @jamilatdavis
Walking with linked arms symbolizes unity and Vice President #KamalaHarris, along with other notable civil rights leaders, led thousands across the #EdmundPettusBridge in #Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate a defining moment in the fight for equal voting rights.
On March 7, 1965, white state troopers attacked Black voting rights marchers attempting to cross. The images of violence at the Edmund Pettus Bridge — originally named after a Confederate general — shocked the nation and helped galvanize support for passage of the #VotingRightsAct.
Harris called the site hallowed ground where people fought for the “most fundamental right of American citizenship: the right to vote.”
“In a moment of great uncertainty, those marches pressed forward and they crossed,” Harris said. “We must do the same. We must lock our arms and march forward. We will not let setbacks stop us. We know that honoring the legacy of those who marched then demands that we continue to push Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation.”
Vice President Harris promised to push ahead with the Biden administration’s voting rights agenda despite recent setbacks in Congress. #BWLM💕
