Rights

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    On March 5, 2023, President Joe Biden visited Selma, Alabama, the site of the 1965 march for voting rights, to urge Congress to pass voting rights changes. Biden, who was joined by civil rights icon and late Congressman John Lewis’ widow, Lillian Lewis, invoked the legacy of Lewis and called for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.
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    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization founded in 1909. It is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States. The NAACP works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.