LIVE: President Biden delivers remarks to commemorate the 58th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday.'
Democrats attempted last year to update the 1965 Voting Rights Act with a bill named after the late Congressman John Lewis, who was beaten and suffered a skull fracture during Bloody Sunday, but failed to gain enough support to break the Senate filibuster. Now, with a Republican-led House, any effort to push legislation through will face an even greater challenge.
Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Selma last year for the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Harris said the marchers beaten by state troopers were fighting for "the most fundamental right of American citizenship: The right to vote." Biden in 2020, while he was on the campaign trail, received a warm reception as he addressed the congregation gathered at the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma to observe Bloody Sunday.
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