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On the recordMay 12, 2019
After all, it was the citizens of Alabama, many the city citizens of my Congressional district, that had the audacity to march, pray, and die for the sacred right to vote, which led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Marcia Fudge
Democratic · Ohio

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Highlighting the historical struggle for voting rights in Alabama.

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