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Massive Selma-Montgomery Protest Targets Alabama Redistricting Plans

5/16/2026

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Summary

Story summary

All Roads Lead to the South protest will begin Saturday in Selma and move to Montgomery.
Over 100 buses from Oregon, Ohio and the Southeast will bring participants to the Alabama rally.
Alabama officials are reviewing congressional maps that could add Republican seats to a delegation with five Republicans and two Democrats.
National Urban League president Marc Morial said the marches start a summer of action and need sustained pressure.

History

Historical Context

After the March 7, 1965 “Bloody Sunday” attack, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rep. John Lewis led a three-day Selma-to-Montgomery march that culminated in a 25,000-person rally on the state Capitol, prompting President Lyndon B. Johnson to push the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Today, civil-rights groups invoke that legacy in new demonstrations across Selma and Montgomery through coordinated bus convoys.

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Story summary

All Roads Lead to the South protest will begin Saturday in Selma and move to Montgomery.
Over 100 buses from Oregon, Ohio and the Southeast will bring participants to the Alabama rally.
Alabama officials are reviewing congressional maps that could add Republican seats to a delegation with five Republicans and two Democrats.
National Urban League president Marc Morial said the marches start a summer of action and need sustained pressure.

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