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#EAS #WEA for Clark, #AR; #Garland, #AR; #Hot Spring, #AR; #Montgomery, #AR; #Pike, #AR: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 5:00 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Little Rock AR ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SO

#EAS #WEA for Bond, #IL; #Fayette, #IL; #Montgomery, #IL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 6:00 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS St Louis MO #Bond, #IL; #Fayette, #IL; #Montgomery, #ILwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT

Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Marks Continued Fight for #VotingRights

Sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, hundreds of #CivilRights activists, also known as foot soldiers, marched from #Selma to #Montgomery , #Alabama to fight for the right to #vote for Black people. As they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Alabama State Troopers brutally beat them. The violence these activists endured became synonymous with the struggle for Black enfranchisement.
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American Civil Liberties Union · Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Marks Continued Fight for Voting Rights | ACLUSelma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans.

NPArevolutionnaires📢 Il y a 60 ans : aux États-Unis, les marches de Selma à Montgomery pour les droits civiques:     Une société marquée par la ségrégation Dans les années 1960, la ségrégation existait toujours dans de nombreux États des États-Unis. La Constitution de l’Alabama n’interdisait pas formellement le droit de vote des Noirs, mais les critères appliqués avec une grande partialité par des… npa-revolutionnaires.org/il-y- 📢NPA-R #DroitsCiviques #Selma #Montgomery #Histoire #Égalité

Today in Labor History March 21, 1965: 3,200 people began the third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest racial violence. Earlier efforts to hold the march had failed when police attacked demonstrators and a minister was fatally beaten by a group of Selma whites. The five-day walk ended March 26, when 20,000 people joined the marchers in front of the Alabama state Capitol in Montgomery. This time they were defended by national guards and FBI agents. Soon after, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.