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Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward
Survivors of civil rights activists who died fighting for voting rights express anger as the Supreme Court has dismantled parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The article highlights the deaths of Viola Liuzzo and four girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, whose families now see their loved ones' sacrifices undermined by recent court rulings.
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- Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward
- Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward
- Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward
- Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward
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