On May 16, 2026, activists retraced the 1965 voting rights march from Atlanta to Montgomery to protest a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act. - The rally, 'All Roads Lead to the South,' was the first mass response to the Court's 6-3 decision striking down a majority-Black district in Louisiana.
- Participants included Keith Odom, a 62-year-old grandfather, and young activists like Justice Washington and Kobe Chernushin. - The buses launched from a district once represented by John Lewis, a key figure in the original march.
- Montgomery residents Carole Burton and Tondalaire Ashford shared their experiences of segregation and the ongoing fight for voting rights. The event highlighted the cyclical nature of progress and backlash in the civil rights movement, with activists vowing to continue the fight for equal representation.