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DESCRIPTION:Three Marches, Two Sisters, One Bridge: \nMemories of the Voting Rights 
 Movement 1960s & Voting Suppression Today\n\nDate and time: Tue, February 
 8, 2022 @ 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PST\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/three-marches-two-sisters-one-bridge-tickets-221122291727\n\nIf 
 you need accommodation for accessibility, including ESL interpretation, 
 please notify the organizer by 4:00 p.m. Eastern 2/5/22.\n\n\nSince our 
 country's founding, thousands of Americans have fought for the right to 
 vote, mostly non-violently, though their protests were often met with 
 violence. Given the sacrifices made to extend this right, it is doubly 
 disappointing how low voter turnout has been in recent 
 elections.\n\nDetroit League member Charles Thomas Jr. draws on his 
 family's 1960s history fighting for voting rights, as he launches an 
 initiative to encourage voter turnout in this election year. Michigan, 
 along with the other states, is redrawing state and federal districts based 
 on the 2020 census figures. Your district might change, and new voting 
 patterns may not match what you have seen in the past.\n\nTwo of the giants 
 who still walk among us are Thomas' aunts, Alice Moore and Denise Holt, who 
 took part in voting rights marches in the 1960s. As teenagers, they joined 
 John Lewis and SNCC in all three marches that eventually went from Selma to 
 Montgomery. They will share their memories of those marches, and their 
 reflections on the current state of voter apathy.\n\nLeague of Women Voters 
 Detroit and the Detroit Public Library are partnering in talks promoting 
 voter education and tools for action.\n\nPHOTO CREDITS: Photo of Selma to 
 Montgomery March from the Library of Congress. Composite image by Valerie 
 Thomas of Valuprinting.\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/12/31/18847004.php
SUMMARY:Three Marches, Two Sisters, One Bridge: Memories of Voting Rights '60s & Suppression Today
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