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All Roads Lead To The South, national day of action for voting rights

politicsMay 16, 2026526,493

Organizers held the "All Roads Lead to the South" national day of action with a mass rally in Montgomery, Alabama, companion events in Selma, and livestream coverage by Roland S. Martin. Speakers including Representative Terri Sewell and more than a dozen congressional colleagues warned that the Supreme Court's weakening of the Voting Rights Act threatens fair political representation and urged renewed mobilization. The campaign urged donations to competitive Alabama districts, circulated free classroom lessons on the struggle for voting rights, and called for volunteers to boost turnout and defend election results. The effort aims to turn public pressure into funding, turnout and legal defenses to preserve minority representation in the South.

Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

“What is happening now is that all the legislatures in the old Confederacy states are going backwards. They’re the ones jumping backwards, not to do justice but once again reimpose injustice in the voting of Americans and all Alabamans.” @dougjones.bsky.social #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth

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