WASHINGTON — Every year for two decades, congressional lawmakers have joined the pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama, to walk where Rep. John Lewis and other civil rights activists walked to cross the bridge they crossed in their fight for the right to vote.
For some like Rep. Terri Sewell, who represents Selma and is the lead sponsor of a voting rights bill, it’s a reminder of “the powerful change that ordinary Americans can make.”
It’s also a chance, she said, for her colleagues to “walk in the footsteps of the foot soldiers."