Thousands rally in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights after Supreme Court guts VRA protections

More than 250 organizations staged the "All Roads Lead to the South" National Day of Action on May 16, 2026, marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma and rallying at the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. The mobilization responded to the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais requiring proof of intentional discrimination under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Over 100 buses brought demonstrators from across the country. Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King delivered the keynote near where her father addressed marchers in 1965.