The Washington Post writes, “On this day in 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed an act that ended slavery in the District of Columbia. It’s a date that D.C. residents hold dear, and so it’s appropriate that it serve as a vehicle to end another injustice. Today, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people will march on Congress to call attention to the disenfranchisement of this nation’s capital city.” Find out more about the march HERE.
Previous in TP Politics

By clicking and submitting a comment I acknowledge the ThinkProgress Privacy Policy and agree to the ThinkProgress Terms of Use. I understand that my comments are also being governed by Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policies as applicable, which can be found here.