Senator Schatz Statement on 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) released the following statement honoring the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march on March 7, 1965, also known as “Bloody Sunday”:
“Today is about remembering those brave marchers who on “Bloody Sunday” 50 years ago faced deep prejudice and perilous danger for the sake of a cornerstone of freedom – the right to vote – without which there is no democracy. Beyond remembering, we recognize that the trail they blazed in principle and fortitude is yet incomplete and calls to us for its completion. Let us honor their memory by rededicating ourselves to equal voting rights for all, defeating voter suppression wherever it festers, and ensuring that freedom’s ring reaches everyone in America.”
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