This week is the anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday,' when voting rights marchers, including now-Congressman John Lewis, were beaten by State troopers as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.
Leahy reflects on the significance of voting rights and historical events.
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