Thousands march in ‘defend the vote’ protest in Washington as civil rights rollbacks spark alarm

Sixty-three years after Martin Luther King Jr’s speech at Lincoln Memorial, protesters say freedoms are once again under threat

Sixty-three years after the March on Washington, thousands gathered Friday in the nation's capitol for a Defend the Vote rally and warned that voting rights are under attack again. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it harder for people to challenge vo

Protest draws crowds to Washington, DC amid Trump's threats of interference, voting restrictions in midterm elections.

Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, one of the organizers of this year’s March on Washington, compared New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) to the late congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisolm (D-N.Y.) while introducing her at the event. “I know people, I was Shirley Chisolm’s youth director,” S

Thousands march in Washington as leaders warn of voting and civil rights rollbacks  Reuters

‘Defend the Vote’ March follows a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that civil rights groups have condemned as detrimental to Black Americans