Invoking the legacy of 1965 Selma marches, protesters march for voting access and representation in 2026
Invoking the legacy of 1965 Selma marches, protesters march for voting access and representation in 2026
Weekend Editor
Published
May 17, 2026 1:11PM (EDT)
Long-time civil rights icon and fighter Annie Pearl Avery visited protesters after the march across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, in May 2026. She crossed the bridge with MLK, John Lewis and many others in the historic march on "Bloody Sunday" 61 years ago. (Jason Davis / Getty Images)
Protesters gathered in Selma, Alabama, among other locations, to push back as Republican-led southern states redraw congressional…
The year was 1965 and Black Americans had come to Montgomery, Alabama, to demonstrate peacefully voting rights.
A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city’s historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861…
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Outside the supreme court, protesters invoked the legacy of civil rights giants with a key Voting Rights Act plank at stake
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