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Mar 5, 2022
NATIONAL COALITION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION PRESIDENT & CEO MELANIE L. CAMPBELL TO JOIN VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IN COMMEMORATING THE 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF “BLOODY SUNDAY” AND THE CROSSING OF THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE IN SELMA, AL ON MARCH 6TH
Washington, D.C. -- Melanie L. Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR), will join Vice President Kamala Harris and a litany of Civil Rights, Voting Rights, social justice, political and labor leaders on Sunday, March 6th to commemorate the 57th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” by crossing the famous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL. The bridge crossing will be the culmination of Selma’s “57th Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee” held in remembrance of the Bloody Sunday March of 1965 and the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
“I believe it is my duty and responsibility as a servant leader to join Vice President Harris and my civil rights colleagues to return to Selma to pay tribute to the resolve and bravery that the civil rights leaders and foot soldiers displayed on that fateful day; and to use this historic moment to reflect, refuel and recommit ourselves to continuing the present-day fight for our voting rights, in order to save our democracy from peril.”
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The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) is one of the most active civil rights and social justice organizations in the nation “dedicated to increasing civic engagement, economic and voter empowerment in Black America.” The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) is the women and girls’ empowerment and power building arm of the NCBCP. At the forefront of championing just and equitable public policy on behalf of Black women, BWR promotes their health and wellness, economic security & prosperity, education and global empowerment as key elements for success.