Article 5EN3P Fight to vote: the woman who was key in 'getting us the Voting Rights Act'

Fight to vote: the woman who was key in 'getting us the Voting Rights Act'

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Sam Levine in New York
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Amelia Boynton had been organizing in Selma for years before Bloody Sunday and was the one who called in King to bring national attention to voter suppression

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