DC Voting Rights March Expected to Be Largest Ever

In what's being billed as "the largest march in history for DC voting rights," DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC Council Chairman Vincent Gray and members of Congress are expected to join thousands for the April 16 DC Voting Rights March. The march, sponsored by DC Vote, People for the American Way, and other national and local organizations -- including the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO -- hopes to build on the momentum of the recent passage of the DC Voting Rights Act in two House committees. "For years, supporters have asked DC Vote and the DC government to do something BIG to demand DC voting rights," says DC Vote, adding that the rally "is your chance to truly make a difference -- and do something to -- demand the vote and end taxation without representation." Participants will gather at Freedom Plaza and march to the Capitol Reflecting Pool to rally. The march is timed to coincide with DC Emancipation Day, which honors the abolition of slavery in the District by President Lincoln in 1862. For more info, click here.