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Biden Commemorates 58th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama

HeadlineMar 06, 2023

President Biden was in Selma, Alabama, Sunday to mark the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when state troopers violently attacked Black voting rights activists as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Biden sought to refocus attention on voting rights legislation — which has stalled in Congress — as he is expected to soon announce his bid for reelection.

President Joe Biden: “The right to vote, to have your vote counted, is the threshold of democracy and liberty. With it, anything’s possible. Without it, without that right, nothing is possible. And this fundamental right remains under assault.”

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