Challenge Supported by Organized Labor

Link to a message in support of Congressional challenge to the 2004 vote. Several unions are participating in the Selma to Washington march, including buses from Columbus, Ohio. This is the 40th anniversary year of the Selma, Alabama march that was instrumental in gaining support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 was organized by a coalition of black Civil Rights groups, organized labor, churches and political organizations.

In 1965 African Americans marching to get voting rights were met with billy clubs and tear gas. In 2005, African Americans marching to protest violation of their voting rights are so far being ignored.

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