Here is President Biden's complete speech from the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma. alnews selma bridgecrossingjubilee alabamanewsnetwork
Here is President Biden’s complete speech from the Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Selma.
In his speech, Biden remembered the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who had been beaten on Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965. Biden and Lewis were both a part of the 2020 Bridge Crossing Jubilee when Biden was running for president and Lewis was battling cancer. Lewis died later that year.
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