Nearly 60 years after “Bloody Sunday” ignited the fight for voting rights, a delegation of U.S. attorneys from across the country joined President Joe Biden in Selma, Alabama over the weekend to honor the pivotal moment in the civil rights movement.
U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins led the group that crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge where civil rights marchers were brutally attacked by police on Mar. 7, 1965, a moment that thrust the fight for civil rights into the national and international spotlight.
Rollins, speaking on Greater Boston, said the experience of walking over the bridge was moving. She stressed the duty she and her colleagues have to continue to honor the ongoing fight for civil rights.
“We have to be bold and we have to be fearless,” Rollins said. “We have to work at making sure we uphold people's civil rights and liberties.”
The fight for civil rights isn't over, Rollins said. "I feel like the federal government in particular plays a very important role in this work when we show up and help, it can be deeply impactful."
Watch: U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins on her trip to Selma, and the continued fight for civil rights
