MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the cradle of the modern Civil Rights Movement to mobilize a new voting rights era as conservative states dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey called Montgomery "sacred soil" in the fight for civil rights.
"if we in our generation do not now do our duty, we will lose the gains and the rights and the liberties that our ancestors afforded us," Booker said.
The crowd was led in chants of "we won't go back" and "we fight."
"We are not going down without a fight. We are not going down to Jim Crow maps," Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in the Alabama redistricting case said.
