Selma Commemoration Amid Voting Rights Act Challenge

Thousands gathered in Selma, United States===Alabama, to commemorate the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement. The celebrations were overshadowed by concerns about the future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as the United States===Supreme Court of the United States is considering a United States===Louisiana case that could limit a provision of the act. This ruling could allow United States===Republican Party (United States)-controlled states to redraw congressional districts, potentially rolling back majority Black and Latino districts that tend to favor the United States===Democratic Party (United States). Civil rights leaders and Democratic officeholders, including Charles Mauldin, Shomari Figures, Henry Sanders, Wes Moore, and JB Pritzker, expressed fears about the potential eradication of voting rights advances and called for continued action.