Folks For the American Method introduced that Markus Batchelor, deputy director of our Younger Elected Officers Community, will be a part of the Freedom Journey for Voting Rights bus tour as a rider on the tour’s official “Blackest Bus in America” from Jackson, Mississippi, to Washington, D.C., June 19-26. Folks For the American Method is a accomplice within the Freedom Journey occasion led by Black Voters Matter.
Markus will doc occasions on the bus and on the historic stops alongside the best way. Comply with his on-the-scene reporting right here.
The Freedom Journey for Voting Rights bus tour will revisit stops made well-known by the unique Freedom Riders of the Sixties, whose brave organizing led to passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This yr’s occasion highlights the pressing want to guard voting rights by passing the For the Folks Act, John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and laws to grant statehood to the District of Columbia. It comes as voting rights are underneath assault in state legislatures throughout the nation.
“I’m thrilled and honored to be becoming a member of the Freedom Journey for Voting Rights bus tour,” stated Batchelor. “We shall be retracing the steps of civil rights champions who fought and died for our proper to vote, as a result of right this moment that proper is in danger. We’ll be stopping in cities the place among the most legendary occasions of the early civil rights motion happened, to ship a robust message that the sacrifices of these early civil rights fighters can’t be in useless. I’m actually grateful to Black Voters Matter for organizing this tour and honored that Folks For the American Method shall be among the many official riders.”
“We face a voting rights emergency right this moment that’s worse than something we’ve seen because the unique freedom rides 60 years in the past,” stated Folks for the American Method President Ben Jealous. “It’s crucial that Congress cross the For the Folks Act, John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and laws for D.C. statehood. The Freedom Journey for Voting Rights is a good alternative to teach folks concerning the unique wrestle for voting rights and to make it clear that we are going to by no means settle for a brand new period of Jim Crow in our nation.”
Stops on the bus tour will characteristic rallies with native leaders, appearances by unique Sixties Freedom Riders, musical performances, and schooling on the voting rights panorama within the states.
The itinerary for the tour is as follows:
- Saturday 6/19 Jackson, MS and Birmingham, AL
- Sunday 6/20 Nashville, TN
- Monday 6/21 Atlanta, GA
- Tuesday 6/22 Columbia, SC
- Wednesday 6/23 Raleigh, NC
- Thursday 6/24 Charleston, WV
- Friday 6/25 Richmond, VA
- Saturday 6/26 Washington, D.C.
About Folks For the American Method
Folks For the American Method is a progressive advocacy group based to struggle right-wing extremism and construct a democratic society that implements the beliefs of freedom, equality, alternative and justice for all. We encourage civic participation, defend basic rights, and struggle to dismantle systemic boundaries to equitable alternative. Study extra: http://www.pfaw.org
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