Black church leaders to march in Selma this weekend over Voting Rights Act ruling
Nearly 100 faith and voting rights leaders are expected to march, with organizers warning the ruling could eliminate up to 19 Black-majority seats across the South.
- Nearly 100 faith and voting rights leaders gathered in Selma, Alabama, on Saturday to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, protesting the Supreme Court's decision that hollowed out a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
- The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in Callais v. Louisiana gutted the Voting Rights Act by allowing states to eliminate Black-majority districts, reversing legal protections that previously prevented discriminatory voting maps.
- Analysts estimate up to 19 of the Congressional Black Caucus's 62 members could lose their U.S. House seats, while Republican majorities in Southern states are moving to eliminate Black representation through gerrymandered maps.
- Organizers expect nearly 5,000 attendees at the All Roads Lead to the South rally, aiming to channel national awareness, resources, and support to state and local organizations on the frontlines of the voting rights fight.
- Participants view the effort as a defense against a rollback of Black political representation akin to Jim Crow, drawing parallels to the 1960s civil rights movement to overcome the ruling's effects.
18 Articles
18 Articles
Rally for Voting Rights & Civil Rights!
Saturday, Mat 16, 2-4pmOhio StatehouseRegister hereTwo weeks ago, the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais eviscerated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and opened the floodgates to racist gerrymandering across the country. This was the culmination of a decades-long Republican project to dismantle the VRA and erase minority representation across broad swaths of the country.
Straight Arrow News
ussanews.comThe Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling shook the South. Now, it’s moving north
A federal lawsuit out of Illinois tests the state’s version of the Voting Rights Act, as it explicitly permits creation of crossover districts to siphon in minority groups. It’s the first since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act, ruling that Louisiana’s second majority-Black district is unconstitutional. Jeanne Ives, a former state representative from suburban Chicago, filed the lawsuit with the Public …
Callais Decision Voting Rights Gutted Demetria McCain LDF Op-Ed
Legal Defense Fund Policy Director Demetria McCain responds to the Supreme Court's Callais decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, calling on Black communities to organize, register voters, advocate for state voting rights laws and fight on every front as if their lives depend on it. The post Why the Supreme Court’s war on voting rights is a debt our children shouldn’t have to pay appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 84% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
