At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.
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Source: ProPublica
Published: 2026-05-15 19:00 UTC+10:00
Section: Civil Rights
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Human Rights, Energy, Elections, US Politics
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Charles Mauldin remembers that his lungs felt like they were imploding when he breathed in tear gas more than 60 years ago. It was Sunday, March 7, 1965, when Mauldin, who was 17, joined hundreds of other demonstrators in a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state Capitol in Montgomery to demand voting rights for Black Americans.
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