MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The No Kings coalition, faith leaders and community members from across the country will gather in Alabama on Saturday for a nationwide protest against what they call coordinated attacks on voting rights.
The “All Roads Lead to the South” event is scheduled for May 16. Faith leaders will gather at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma at 9 a.m. for prayer, followed by a national mass rally at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Organizers say Republican-controlled state legislatures across the South are targeting Black voters through gerrymandering and dismantling voting protections following Supreme Court decisions that weakened the Voting Rights Act…