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‘We’re going backwards’: Five civil rights activists slam the supreme court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act
Organizers, including Selma foot soliders, say ruling is latest chapter in long battle over Black disenfranchisement in US
The supreme court’s recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act is an affront to everyone who marched, bled and died to make that law possible, civil rights activists said.
“When we look at the supreme court’s action against the Voting Rights Act, it’s really a kneecap – a way to discriminate, to silence voters who fought so hard for this right,” said Sheyann Webb-Christburg, who, at eight years old, marched with civil rights leaders in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.
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Fabiola Cineas and Adria R Walker · Sat, May 9, 2026, 4:00 AM
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Organizers, including Selma foot soliders, say ruling is latest chapter in long battle over Black disenfranchisement in US
The supreme court’s recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act is an affront to everyone who marched, bled and died to make that law possible, civil rights activists said.
“When we look at the supreme court’s action against the Voting Rights Act, it’s really a kneecap – a way to discriminate, to silence voters who fought so hard for this right,” said Sheyann Webb-Christburg, who, at eight years old, marched with civil rights leaders in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.
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