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Thousands rally in birthplace of Civil Rights Movement to defend Black political representation

PBS NEWS·May 16 ago·3 min read
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A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city's historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861 and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in 1965 at the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city's historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861 and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in 1965 at the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city's historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861 and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in 1965 at the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.

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