March honors anniversary of Voting Rights Act

Sunday, August 7, 2005

ATLANTA -- Demonstrators streamed down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive chanting, singing and marching on Saturday in support of extending the 40-year-old Voting Rights Act. Organizers hope the "Keep the Vote Alive" march will pressure Congress to extend key provisions of the landmark law, which expires in 2007.

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