Slogans included “Protect Voting Rights”, “End the Filibuster” and “Say No to Jim Crow”. The high-stakes protest mirrored a historic march in 1965, when voting rights advocates risked their lives in Selma, Alabama, before the Voting Rights Act was secured. “There probably are not many states, if any, that have as dark a history of voter suppression – violent voter suppression – as does Texas,” O’Rourke said. Yet voting rights champions can only waylay legislation for so long. “If you’re trying to be for the people, actually come down here and listen to us.”

Source: The Guardian August 02, 2021 06:00 UTC