South braces for Summer of Action in voting-rights and redistricting battles

A coordinated national push across the South is launching a “Summer of Action” with marches, teach-ins and mobilization to defend voting access and challenge GOP-led redistricting ahead of the 2028 cycle and midterms. The effort follows a Supreme Court ruling narrowing the Voting Rights Act and targets states like Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama as they redraw maps, with Selma’s Bloody Sunday legacy invoked in planned marches. Organizers say the movement will energize Black and Latino voters and sustain pressure beyond a single election cycle.