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To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, civil rights advocates talked about the state of the civil rights movements. They… read more
To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, civil rights advocates talked about the state of the civil rights movements. They discussed the previous reenactment of the March, the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down section four of the Voting Rights Act, the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case, and immigration reform.NAACP President Ben Jealous said that the nation was on the verge of having
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