'The unfinished business of the freedom movement': 60 years after Bloody Sunday - Velshi - MSNBC

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The atrocity of “Bloody Sunday” helped move public sentiment, and eventually helped bring about the passage of the landmark voting rights ruling of 1965. Today, the struggle continues. In recent years, the Supreme Court has rolled back key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, states have enacted dozens of new voting restrictions, and Trump’s platform has focused on ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Today, award-winning poet Caroline Williams, the great-great-granddaughter of Confederate General Edmund Pettus says, “We're sitting here grappling with these same kinds of rollbacks in justice.” Harvard Professor Imani Perry says we have a responsibility to “complete the unfinished business of the freedom movement.” - Aired on 03/09/2025.