Families, educators and advocates described barriers to accessing proper support and services.
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Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The Selma-to-Montgomery marches galvanized passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did away with most barriers such as poll taxes and other forms of voter discrimination targeting Black Americans in the Deep South.
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