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NY J01723
Resolution
Status
3/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
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AI Summary
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Commemorates the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when approximately 600 civil rights marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
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Led by Hosea Williams and John Lewis, marchers attempting the 54-mile route from Selma to Montgomery were met by 150 state troopers and deputies who used clubs, bullwhips, and tear gas, injuring 58 people
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The nationally televised violence galvanized support for voting rights and prompted President Lyndon Johnson to address Congress on March 17, 1965, calling for federal voting rights legislation
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Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in August, which banned literacy tests, mandated federal oversight of voter registration, and challenged poll taxes
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A copy of this resolution will be transmitted to L. Joy Williams, President of the NAACP New York State Conference
Legislative Description
Commemorating the 61st Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma-to-Montgomery march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which served as a catalyst for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
Last Action
ADOPTED
3/10/2026