Numbers continue to swell, along with a rising roster of national figures, for gatherings in Selma and Montgomery Saturday to oppose redistricting plans aimed at ousting Black members of Congress.
More than 100 buses are expected to carry people from Alabama and as far away as Ohio to participate in the “National Day of Action for Voting Rights.”
Groups are expected to demonstrate outrage over efforts by Alabama’s Republican majority to redraw lines of congressional districts 7 and district 1 to favor mostly Republican voters, who are mostly White. Those seats are currently held by Black Democrats…