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Like those who crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, we will not accept empty promises in pursuit of my father's dream for a more equal and just America. – Martin Luther	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I gave a little blood on Edmund Pettus Bridge, i thought I was going to die. I thought I saw death. – John LewisThe	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I crossed Edmund Pettus bridge with Edmund Pettus. And Edmund Pettus was so kind and gentle to me. Edmund Pettus helped me find the courage and strength that I needed to find my own voice. And I knew that I wanted to leave my two sons a different legacy than the one that was left for me. – Wallace Kennedy	Found on CNN 4 years ago
After 54 years, John Lewis is still walking across Edmund Pettus Bridge in the name of freedom and equality, today I was proud to walk with John Lewis. – Seth MoultonUS	Found on CNN 5 years ago
To anyone who has ever wondered what you would have done during those defining moments that we read about in history books -- whether you would have risked arrest to demand votes for women or bled on the Edmund Pettus bridge to demand voting rights for all -- the answer is what you are doing now could be as important as anything that anyone has done before. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There is an urgent need to protect the progress we have made since the courageous Foot Soldiers of the Voting Rights Movement dared to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge 50 years ago. We have inherited their legacy, and the fight to ensure that all Americans can participate in our political process continues today, the updated coverage formula in this bill will ensure that states, like Alabama, are required to obtain federal preclearance for changes to voting practices and procedures that could have a discriminatory impact. – Terri Sewell	Found on CNN 9 years ago

Like those who crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday, we will not accept empty promises in pursuit of my father's dream for a more equal and just America.

– Martin Luther

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I gave a little blood on Edmund Pettus Bridge, i thought I was going to die. I thought I saw death.

– John LewisThe

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I crossed Edmund Pettus bridge with Edmund Pettus. And Edmund Pettus was so kind and gentle to me. Edmund Pettus helped me find the courage and strength that I needed to find my own voice. And I knew that I wanted to leave my two sons a different legacy than the one that was left for me.

– Wallace Kennedy

Found on CNN
4 years ago

After 54 years, John Lewis is still walking across Edmund Pettus Bridge in the name of freedom and equality, today I was proud to walk with John Lewis.

– Seth MoultonUS

Found on CNN
5 years ago

To anyone who has ever wondered what you would have done during those defining moments that we read about in history books -- whether you would have risked arrest to demand votes for women or bled on the Edmund Pettus bridge to demand voting rights for all -- the answer is what you are doing now could be as important as anything that anyone has done before.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There is an urgent need to protect the progress we have made since the courageous Foot Soldiers of the Voting Rights Movement dared to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge 50 years ago. We have inherited their legacy, and the fight to ensure that all Americans can participate in our political process continues today, the updated coverage formula in this bill will ensure that states, like Alabama, are required to obtain federal preclearance for changes to voting practices and procedures that could have a discriminatory impact.

– Terri Sewell

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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