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Black Voters Matter aims for greater community power

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LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, speaks on voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, at King's Canvas in Montgomery, Ala.
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Robert Binion Clanton leans against the 'George Washington Carver Homes Projects' historical marker during speeches at the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, May 8, in Selma, Ala.
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Henry Allen, left, and Charles Mauldin stand for the protection of voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event taking place at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, May 8, in Selma, Ala.
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LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, stands atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a famous civil rights landmark, May 8, in Selma, Ala.
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Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, talks about the movement to increase voting rights for Black Americans during the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in Montgomery, Ala.
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The Black Voters Matter bus leads a "votercade" -- a motorcade of voters -- across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, May 8, in Selma, Ala.
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Signs supporting Black Voters Matter dot the road at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church for the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8 in Selma, Ala.
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Aria Bennett rests on the shoulder of her father, Shernovius Bennett, at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, at King's Canvas in Montgomery, Ala.
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Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, talks about expanding voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, at King's Canvas in Montgomery, Ala.
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Black Voters Matter fans, shirts and wristbands were distributed along with food and toys as part of the program in the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event May 8, at Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala.
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Faya Toure, center, cheers for voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala.
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Jessica Fortune Barker, cofounder of Lift Our Vote, talks about voting rights during the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala.
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Jessica Fortune Barker, cofounder of Lift Our Vote, speaks about voting rights during the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala.
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LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, speaks on voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala.
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Volunteers Paris Wilkerson, left, and Makhayla DesRosiers, right, distribute Black Voters Matter fans, shirts and wristbands as other volunteers distribute groceries, May 8, at Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala.

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