Thousands of people rallied Saturday in Montgomery, Alabama, to push back against conservative states' efforts to dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation.
Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene in Montgomery starting Monday to discuss potentially moving the state’s May 19 primaries, as the state awaits a decision from the Supreme Court about whether it can revert to a previous congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections. #Reidstricting #Gerrymandering #SupremeCourt #GOP #Alabama #Tennessee
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Alabama lawmakers are set to convene in Montgomery starting Monday to discuss potentially moving the state’s May 19 primaries.
"There is an America that is more free — where there's more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it's waiting for us," says lawyer Bryan Stevenson.
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MONTGOMERY, AL — A local teenage girl warned her friends that there was a creep with a BBQ stain on his white t-shirt that persisted in ogling her as she tried to skip rocks on the river by the railroad tracks.