Dear MoveOn member,
Yesterday, thousands of people across the country came together for the "All Roads Lead to the South" national day of action to defend voter rights.1 They were acting in response to Republican legislatures in states across the South, who, since the MAGA Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, are aggressively slicing and dicing up congressional districts, erasing Black-majority congressional representation, and diluting the power of Black voters.2
But they can’t and won’t stop us from organizing for a multiracial democracy where every person has an equal say in the leaders and decisions that impact our lives.
MAGA Republicans want us to stay on the sidelines, to be immobilized, and to stay put. But that’s not how we fight for our freedoms. It’s not the lesson from Minnesota last winter, when ICE came to terrorize the schools, neighborhoods, and churches to enact violence and fear. It’s not the lesson from Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, when civil rights activists stood in principled nonviolent resistance to white supremacists.
That’s why yesterday's “All Roads Lead to the South,” an emergency voting rights national day of action, was so powerful.
Led by Black Voters Matter and Southern-based organizations, thousands of people from across the South and the country came together in Montgomery, Alabama, the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, and in cities and towns across the country to march and defend the same voting rights that marchers fought for and won in 1965.
Will you check out and share MoveOn’s social media posts from yesterday’s All Roads Lead to the South national mobilization to witness and amplify the power of our grassroots movement? Click on all the links below to see the amazing organizing, and share where you have an account. Whether you were able to attend or not, you can help spread the word about this important action.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 transformed Black representation and participation in this country, ending discriminatory Jim Crow policies like poll taxes and literacy tests and dramatically increasing Black voter registration in the South. After decades upon decades of struggle and collective action, this hallmark civil rights legislation worked to ensure Black communities have a more equal say in elections and their votes wouldn’t be diluted through unfair gerrymandering.
Now, Black political power and representation are disappearing before our very eyes.3 The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court last month is a reminder that we have unfinished business, and we won’t let the legacy and progress of the Civil Rights Movement be overturned by Trump and Republicans. This fight is ours and now.
Saturday’s protest was exactly what this moment calls for—uniting together to show that we will not back down and to bring attention to this fight, so the rest of the country sees and understands what is occurring in the South. Will you help spread the word by sharing MoveOn's posts on social media at the links above?
In the years to come, as much as 30% of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose their seats in Congress.4 Black communities should have the power to decide their leaders and ensure their interests are represented in both state and federal legislatures. This ruling threatens that basic and fundamental right, and we will not back down in the fight for equal rights for all.
It’s clear what this MAGA Supreme Court is doing: silencing Black and brown voters so they can lock in power and rule for themselves. But in this country, we choose our leaders, and we will continue to fight for that freedom, even as this administration and its backers work tirelessly to take it away.
Scroll back up to check out the various social media posts and share on your platforms to help spread the word about how people are fighting back and remind everyone of our power when we come together.
Thanks for all you do.
–Kelsey, Amandah, Adrienne, Emma and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation," AP, May 16, 2026
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/16/civil-rights-movement-groups-rally-voting-rights-supreme-court-alabama-00925388
2. "Supreme Court Deals a Death Blow to the Voting Rights Act," Mother Jones, April 29, 2026
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/supreme-court-louisiana-vra-callais/
3. "These are the Southern red states moving to redistrict after Supreme Court ruling," The Hill, May 10, 2026
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5870591-redistricting-fight-southern-states/
4. "Supreme Court Deals a Death Blow to the Voting Rights Act," Mother Jones, April 29, 2026
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/supreme-court-louisiana-vra-callais/
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