Voices from the violent civil rights era see attacks on voting rights as part of ongoing struggle

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Voices from the violent civil rights era see attacks on voting rights as part of ongoing struggle

By Gary Fields | The Associated Press (AP) - They are part of a small, vanishing group who lived at the epicenter of the struggle for voting rights six decades ago, an era driven by segregation, violence and the yearning for equality that eventually led to laws bringing the U.S. closer to its promise of […]

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