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New Jersey Civil Rights Group to March for Voting Rights, Equality in Newark on Monday

Larry Hamm who is leading the Million People’s March for Voting Rights, speaks at a press conference at Atlantic City’s Civil Rights Garden, encouraging participation in the march that will take place April 4 in Newark.
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Larry Hamm who is leading the Million People’s March for Voting Rights, speaks at a press conference at Atlantic City’s Civil Rights Garden, encouraging participation in the march that will take place April 4 in Newark.

Civil rights organizations from across the Garden State will converge on Newark next Monday to march for voting rights and equality. This comes after Republican lawmakers across the nation have pushed to restrict voting in the name of election integrity. From the New Jersey Desk, WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports.

(Original air-date: 4/2/22)

Kenneth Burns is WHYY’s South Jersey reporter. He joined the station in 2018 as an anchor. He also contributed stories and won a 2020 Keystone Media Award for one of them.