🧵 ‘Remembering Bloody Sunday…Restoring and Strengthening the Voting Rights Act’ Today marks the 60th anniversary of #BloodySunday, labeled as such because of the state-sanctioned violence inflicted upon marchers determined to end racist-laden voter suppression. Bloody Sunday and the later march on Montgomery brought national attention to the injustice of voter suppression and to the inhumanity that transpired that day. Bold, strategic nonviolent direct action, including the courageous commitment to dramatizing the issue and highlighting the injustice even in the face of violence, shifted public opinion and contributed to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Today, some of the protections against racial discrimination in voting and representation found within the VRA of 1965 have been rolled back and gutted by the Supreme Court, and others are currently threatened. Let’s remember. Let’s honor. Let’s act. We implore you to call your Congress members. Tell them to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Amplify the #JohnLewisVRAA. Advocate for its passing, #AmeliaBoyntonRobinson #WomensHistoryMonth #BloodySunday #Selma #Montgomery #JohnLewis #HoseaWilliams #BobMants #AlbertTurner #Nonviolence #NonviolentDirectAction #VotingRightsAct #RestoreTheVRA #SNCC #SCLC #DallasCountyVotersLeague #Vote