Thousands gathered in Selma and Montgomery on Saturday for the All Roads Lead to the South’s National Day of Action for Voting Rights demonstrations that oppose a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that organizers say weakens protections under the Voting Rights Act.
The event started in Selma on Saturday morning with a pastor-led gathering at the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, the same place where mass meetings were held before the 1965 Selma voting rights marches. Faith leaders from across the country led prayers, speeches and calls to action before demonstrators marched silently across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
The group then drove to Montgomery for an afternoon rally that drew over 5,000 people featured politicians, activists and civil rights dignitaries as of the All Roads Lead to the South campaign, aimed at organizing voters to offset the advantages Republicans may gain from redistricting.
The protests are over redistricting by southern Republican state legislatures targeting Black Democratic members of Congress.
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