Aktivister samlas i Montgomery för att försvara rösträtten

Tusentals människor samlades i Montgomery, Alabama, på lördagen för att protestera mot den senaste tidens domar från högsta domstolen gällande kongressdistrikt och för att gå i fotspåren av medborgarrättsmarschen från 1965.

Evenemanget, kallat All Roads Lead to the South, förde bussresenärer från Georgia och South Carolina till Dexter Avenue. Deltagarna syftade till att förnya ansträngningarna för svart politisk representation efter att högsta domstolen med röstsiffrorna 6–3 underkänt ett distrikt med svart majoritet i Louisiana. Organisatörer från Fair Fight Action koordinerade demonstrationen två dagar efter årsdagen av marschen.

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