On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight
The year was 1965 and Black Americans had come to Montgomery, Alabama, to demonstrate peacefully voting rights. Many were beaten by state troopers, but marchers returned two weeks later to complete their mission under federal protection. Keith Odom was a toddler then. Now he's 62 and a grandfather of three. On Saturday, Odom came from Aiken, South Carolina, to Atlanta, and joined several dozen other activists on buses to Montgomery. A few hours later they were on Dexter Avenue, where the origina...
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