Why the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act after six decades in a blow to Black politicians

For those of us who grew up during the Civil Rights era, there are some ugly memories.

There was "Bloody Sunday" in 1965, at Alabama’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, when troopers brutally attacked Black protesters. 

These marchers, led by John Lewis, were met with tear gas and whips as they demanded voting rights.

Two days later, Martin Luther King Jr. led a smaller march to the bridge, where the demonstrators prayed and turned back to avoid further violence.

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