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On the recordMarch 16, 2015
We just came through the reenactment of the Selma march. We have seen so many failures in our legislative and political system, to where we haven't moved forward on civil rights; we moved backward.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen reflects on the regression in civil rights progress since the Selma march.

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