Civil rights activists and veterans of the 1965 Selma marches have condemned the Supreme Court's decision to weaken the Voting Rights Act, calling it a return to systemic voter discrimination. Sheyann Webb-Christburg, who marched in Selma at age eight, said the ruling amounts to a deliberate attempt to silence voters who fought for the right to vote.

Thousands of people joined demonstrations in Selma and Montgomery on Saturday to protest redistricting by southern Republican state legislatures targeting Black Democratic members of Congress. An afternoon rally in Montgomery that drew over 5,000 people featured politicians, activists and civil rights dignitaries as part of the All Roads Lead to the South campaign, aimed at […]