"The Voting Rights Act was one of the crowning achievements of our democracy, the result of Republican and Democratic effort. President Reagan signed its renewal when he was in office. President Bush signed its renewal when he was in office. One hundred Members of Congress have come here today to honor people who were willing to die for the right it protects. If we want to honor this day, let these hundred go back to Washington, and gather four hundred more, and together, pledge to make it their mission to restore the law this year."
Time provides a transcript of President Obama's speech in Selma, Alabama, marking fifty years since "Bloody Sunday."
James Fallows and Matt Ford at The Atlantic react to the speech.
As does Jonathan Chait at New York, and Michael Tomasky at The Daily Beast.
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