People came to Montgomery by bus, car and plane to march on the state capitol with local and national leaders <\/p>\n
Thousands of people from across the country descended on Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, on Saturday. They arrived by bus, by car and by plane to gather for the All Roads Lead to the South rally, following the supreme court\u2019s Louisiana v Callais decision last month, which essentially gutted the Voting Rights Act and severely limited protections against voting discrimination.<\/p>\n
Organized by a coalition of national and local civic engagement groups, the rally took place outside the Alabama state capitol building, in the same plaza where the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches \u2013 three nonviolent demonstrations in support of Black voting rights \u2013 are enshrined.<\/p>\n
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