Marchers from all over the country gathered today in Atlanta in support of civil rights and to protest a new law they say would place new restrictions on voting.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 guarantees that minorities will not be discriminated against in local, state, and federal elections. However, the Act is set to expire in 2007. Protestors pressed for the extension of provisions of the bill, and claimed that a new bill passed in Georgia that requires voter identification invites the violation of civil rights.
This article describes today's march.
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