For the first time in decades, Black Georgia voters won’t be able to rely on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to protect them from redistricting efforts to dilute their political power. On June 17, Republicans could start redrawing voting maps at a special session called by Gov. Brian Kemp. In April, the U.S. […]
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Black Organizers Revive Freedom Summer Amid Voting Rights Fight
In the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gutted Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, All Roads Lead to the South launched Freedom Summer 2026 to continue the legacy of the 1964 Mississippi voter activism campaign. Affirming the importance of Black civil rights and voter education, the multiracial coalition will […]
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How Keisha Lance Bottoms Plans to Veto Maps That Dilute Black Voting Power
Keisha Lance Bottoms is vowing to veto any redrawn political district maps that intentionally target and weaken the voting power of Black Georgians if she’s elected governor in November. Her remarks were in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s April 29 decision that said that political maps drawn based on race are unconstitutional. The Supreme […]
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Black Faith Leaders Sound Alarm Over Gutting of Voting Rights Act
The Rev. Timothy McDonald was a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Perry Elementary School in Brunswick, Georgia, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act into law. Prior to its passage, election officials in the South routinely used blatant discriminatory practices like jelly bean counts and literacy tests to deny Black voters access to […]
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How Georgia’s Black Voters Could Be Impacted by the Election Rules Decision
A Fulton County Superior Court judge is expected to decide before Election Day whether two of the state’s controversial new election rules should be allowed to stand ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump — a case that has major implications for Black voters in Georgia, according to voting […]
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Advocates Warn New Rules Could Upend Voting, Election Results in Georgia in Nov.
Local voting rights advocates said the voting process and possibly even the result of November’s presidential election in Georgia may have already been imperiled by a series of new laws and state regulatory changes designed to create obstacles for Black voters and cast doubt on the outcome of elections. The latest example is a series […]
