Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted The Independent UK · Jun 27
‘We’re going backwards’: Black political power under threat in Alabama after Voting Rights Act gutting US supreme court ruling could eliminate two majority-Black districts and entrench Republican control from Congress to county school boards The Guardian - US · May 27
When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate more Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two white Minneapolis residents killed in January 2026 by federal agents while protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policy, have become household names. National media outlets continue to focus on their deaths and the circumstances around them. The Conversation · Feb 24
Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, civil rights leaders in Selma continue fight Election of Trump and threats to democracy front of mind as activists remember peaceful marchers attacked by police The Guardian - US · Mar 10, 2025
Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protests Della Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion, Alabama, but she says she clearly remembers the police attacking the demonstrators The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023
Voices from the violent civil rights era see attacks on voting rights as part of ongoing struggle People at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights six decades ago are reflecting on the times and their struggles The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023
House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches has been sold to a historical museum in Michigan and will be moved to a site near Detroit for preservation The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023