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On the recordMarch 11, 2019
As we came back down the bridge, my husband stood at a plaque, you know, a bronze plaque memorializing the Voting Rights Act.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Dean recalls a visit to the Edmund Pettus Bridge and its significance to voting rights.

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