Civil rights organizations from across the country are traveling to Selma and Montgomery this weekend to march for voting rights, a part of the All Roads Lead to the South movement.
) - Civil rights organizations from across the country are traveling to Selma and Montgomery this weekend to march for voting rights, a part of the All Roads Lead to the South movement.cleared the way for Ala bama to use its 2023 congressional map, a map the lower court originally said intentionally diluted the voting power of Black Ala bamiansOrganizers are declaring Saturday a national day of action for voting rights .
Thousands are expected to march on the Alabama State Capitol, retracing the steps of a movement that changed the country.
“What gives my heart real purpose and lifts my spirits is to see folks that are white, that are black, that are brown, from all parts of this country come together around this issue,” said Rep. Kelvin Datcher, Alabama District 52. Saturday, people from across the country will come together to stand up for voting rights they say are being stripped away.
“75 buses already filled from around the southeast... we’re expecting thousands of folks to be in Montgomery for this rally,” Datcher said. It all starts at 9 a.m. with a prayer gathering at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, the same ground where marchers were beaten on Bloody Sunday in 1965.
“Many people will say, ‘If I would have been alive in 1965, I would have stood up, I would have marched. ’ Well, here we are, 2026, some 61 years after Bloody Sunday. And what will you do? Now is the time to show and prove,” said Rev.
Lukata Mjumbe, executive director of the Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium. Buses are rolling in from Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and more than a dozen other cities across the Southeast, because organizers say this fight doesn’t stop at state lines.
“We don’t want our legislature, we don’t want our congressional districts to look like they did 70 years ago. We want to make sure that the voices of all Alabamians, the voices of all Americans, are appreciated and are included in the decision-making process,” Datcher said.
“Check to see if you’re registered to vote. Check to see if your neighbor is registered to vote. Make sure that you’re ready so you don’t have to get ready, because our time has come right now,” Mjumbe said. Organizers are calling the event “All Roads Lead to the South,” framing the march as unfinished business from the civil rights movement.
The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act is a reminder that the fight to protect voting rights continues, organizers say. To learn more about the day, and find out how you can get involved, click or tapBlack Lives Matter Birmingham Chapter will be taking five buses to the State Capitol on Saturday, May 16.
Each individual rider must complete their own registration formSeats are first come, first servedMandatory rider orientation call: Thursday, May 14 at 5:00 p.m. Central TimeState Representatives Kelvin Datcher and Travis Hendrix will host a community lunch and learn focused on voting rights in Alabama on Thursday, May 14, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, 2135 Jefferson Avenue SW, Birmingham, Alabama 35211. The free public event, titled “Protecting Our Power: The Modern Day Fight for Voting Rights in Alabama,” will feature Jerome Dees, Alabama Policy Director for the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Tafeni English-Relf, Alabama State Office Director for the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The event is being presented by Representatives Datcher and Hendrix in partnership with the Alabama New South Alliance and the Urban League of Alabama. RSVP is required due to limited seating and lunch accommodations. Text your RSVP to 490-8272 or visit Eventbrite and search “Protecting Our Power. ”
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