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Elijah Lewis: Mr. Speaker, I think tonight we have tried to say why we marched from Selma to Montgomery 30 years ago and why we come…

On the recordMarch 7, 1995
Mr. Speaker, I think tonight we have tried to say why we marched from Selma to Montgomery 30 years ago and why we come tonight to commemorate, to celebrate the great progress we have made as a Nation and as a people down that road toward a truly interracial democracy.
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Elijah Lewis
Democratic · Georgia

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Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march.

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