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  1. Mar 4

    Standing at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I am reminded that the time is always right to do what is right. The sacrifices made on this bridge forever changed the history of this nation.

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  2. Mar 4

    Take the message of this pilgrimage with you, otherwise it's a wasted trip. We all stand on the shoulders of Dr. King.

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  3. Mar 4

    This morning we will walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the site of Bloody Sunday, when police violently attacked voting rights marchers. We will face this history and honor the challenge it calls us to today.

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  4. Mar 4

    This little boy came to Brown Chapel AME Church this morning to thank his hero, John Lewis. What he didn’t expect was for John Lewis to thank him, for keeping his movement and his fight for justice alive. This is what our is about.

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  5. Mar 4

    At the Edmund Pettus Bridge in remembering those who marched across this bridge and sacrificed so much in the struggle for civil rights. A reminder of how far we have come and the work that still needs to be done to make the U.S. a more perfect union.

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  6. Mar 3

    Just finished a powerful day in Birmingham as part of the . Feeling privileged to hear the stories of those who lived in this city in the 1960s & their perspective on what our nation still needs to accomplish to move forward.

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  7. Mar 5

    "We are on the move now...Like an idea whose time has come, not even the marching of mighty armies can halt us. We are moving to the land of freedom." -MLK It was a profound honor to join and my colleagues in Congress on this year's for civil rights.

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  8. Mar 4

    In the footsteps of giants.

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  9. Mar 4

    We fill this bridge with full hearts, we walk this hallowed ground with gratitude, we march with commitment, we sing with strength, we know the march doesn’t end here, nor does the work.

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  10. Mar 3
    US House candidate, WA-7

    Ever wonder what it might be like to have narrate the civil rights movement to you as living history? One word: incredible. Here he explains all the images at the Rosa Parks Museum.

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  11. Mar 2

    What a privilege to hear interviewing Memphis sanitation worker Elmore Nickleberry, who reflected on his time during the Memphis sanitation workers strike & the impact of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last speech right here 50 years ago.

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  12. Mar 3

    This is for you, Charlottesville ❤️: Rep Lewis and Heather Heyer’s mom at the Civil Rights Memorial

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  13. Mar 4

    My mom is speaking today at Brown Chapel AME Church - the same Church where John Lewis once gathered with voting rights foot soldiers for the march across Edmund Pettus Bridge

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  14. Mar 3
    US House candidate, WA-7

    Such a powerful day in Montgomery hearing from the children of the movement who wrote a different legacy for their families: Peggy Wallace Kennedy, Bob Zellner and others. So grateful to for his heart, non-Violent struggle and leadership.

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  15. Apr 4

    Dr. King has been a pivotal inspiration in my life and in the 30 years I have spent fighting for civil rights and social justice. It was an honor to visit the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on this year's to honor the struggle of civil rights activists before us.

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  16. Mar 3
    US House candidate, WA-7

    Mrs. Juanita Abernathy, wife of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy, speaks to us from MLK Church where her husband was the pastor. She is amazing--still.

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  17. Mar 4

    Singing our way to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. We will never be silent in the face of injustice

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  18. Mar 4

    Powerful reflection on MLK & Proverbs 31:8,9 from at Brown Chapel AME in Selma “Speak out on behalf of the voiceless, and for the rights of all who are vulnerable. Speak out in order to judge with righteousness and to defend the needy and the poor.”

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  19. Mar 3

    Detroiter Viola Liuzzo was murdered by the KKK in 1965 while participating in the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March. Her daughter, Mary Liuzzo Lilleboe, ensures her legacy lives on

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  20. Mar 3

    I am proud to represent the Ninth Congressional District of Washington. This district reflects the ideals & great diversity of our country. The from Memphis to Selma will help participants to understand the historical events & locations of the Civil Rights Movement

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