Vice President Harris to mark anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma

Washington: Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of a historic civil rights moment.

Harris will speak as part of the annual commemoration of “Bloody Sunday” at the bridge where, on March 7, 1965, white state troopers attacked black voting rights marchers attempting to cross.

Images of violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge – originally named for a Confederate general – shocked the country and helped rally support for passage of the Voting Rights Act, which allowed African-Americans to vote. Removed all white barriers and ended all white rule. American South.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Harris’ upcoming visit during a briefing with reporters on Tuesday. Harris attended the commemoration in 2022, and President Joe Biden visited last year. Both used their previous speeches to emphasize the importance of voting rights and condemn Republican-led efforts to weaken them.

The annual commemoration has become a regular stop in America to pay tribute to the fight for voting rights and politicians’ efforts to attract black voters in election years.

During the 2020 election, Biden spoke at Selma’s historic Brown Chapel AME Church after strong support from black voters in South Carolina gave Biden his first primary victory. He also visited the city as Vice President in 2013.

President Barack Obama spoke in Selma in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march.

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