Black Americans are mobilizing in Alabama for what organizers say could become one of the South’s largest voting rights demonstrations since the Civil Rights Movement. The “All Roads Lead to the South” National Day of Action is set for Saturday (May 16) in Montgomery, where activists, clergy members and community leaders are expected to rally around protecting Black voting power.
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While participants are gearing up to demonstrate their First Amendment rights, The Root spoke with Wisdom Cole, the Senior National Director of Advocacy for the NAACP, who shared what Black Americans should keep in mind as they prepare to take to the streets…