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Selma and Black Churches

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As we look back today on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we also highlight some of the present-day struggles that are happening around the South. We are joined by two guests: Rose Sanders, an attorney and co-founder of the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, Alabama; and Rose Johnson, national program director for the Center for Democratic Renewal, an Atlanta-based research and advocacy organization fighting racial hatred.

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