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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Bill Plante talked about the civil rights movement and the struggle for voting rights fifty years… read more
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Bill Plante talked about the civil rights movement and the struggle for voting rights fifty years after the protests in Selma, Alabama. They spoke about the film Selma's portrayal of events, the role President Lyndon Baines Johnson played in the civil rights movement, and the value of modern-day civil rights movements. close
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