Obama groups organize march to early voting Saturday

March remembers 1965 ‘Bloody Sunday’ African American voting rights march in Alabama

Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 | 4:22 p.m.

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Two groups that support Barack Obama's bid for president will host the "March Early for Change" to the polls Saturday in Las Vegas, which is the first day of early voting for the Nov. 4 election.

The march, which also memorializes the historic "Bloody Sunday" voting rights march in 1965 in Alabama, is sponsored by the Clark County Democratic Black Caucus and Women for Obama grassroots volunteers.

Participants of all ethnicities are encouraged to arrive about 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Martin Luther King Jr. sculpture at the intersection of Carey Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

The march will depart at 10 a.m., heading west on Carey Avenue from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, to the early voting location at Dr. William Pearson Community Center.

Registered voters can cast their vote at any early vote polling place location between Saturday and Oct. 31.

After the march, a "Vote Early for Change Rally" will be held in the parking lot of the community center, featuring entertainment, food, music and children's activities. The event is free and open to the public.

The day's events will remember the "Bloody Sunday" African American civil rights voting march that took place on March 7, 1965, when about 600 people began a 54-mile march from Selma, Ala., to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala.

The event got its name because of the brutality the marchers suffered at the hands of law enforcement officers along the way.

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By Johnathan_Abbinett (Johnathan Abbinett)

Oct. 14, 2008

5:57 p.m.

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YEA! I've prayed and waited for 40 years to see this sort of history unfold! I'll be walking if I have to put on my knee braces and bring my cane!

Does anyone have ideas on where it will be best to park our cars?
By odog

Oct. 14, 2008

9:29 p.m.

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This will hurt obama.. It is time to put racial issues behind us!
By redferret

Oct. 14, 2008

10:19 p.m.

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What a load odog. What is wrong with black people remembering what happened to black people trying to vote, especially now that a black person is running for office? God, do you have to have that little in the way of... empathy for another culture. Or for lack of a better phrase they are remembering a part of black history as a part of black history is unfolding.