SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — About 30 people gathered Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Gwinnett Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Savannah, Georgia, for the All Roads Lead to the South rally focused on protecting the vote. The May 16, 2026, event was planned in coordination with a gathering of nearly 100 faith and voting rights leaders in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama.

The Alabama gathering was held to protest a Supreme Court decision that participants argue weakened a provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court issued its ruling on April 29, 2026, removing a provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act prohibiting racial discrimination in voting.

Following the ruling, legislators in other states have moved to redraw congressional maps. The Georgia state legislature will meet on June 17, 2026, for a special session to redraw U.S. Congress, state House, and state Senate maps.

Georgia House Rep. Anne Allen Westbrook spoke at the rally and said its location was particularly appropriate. She said the pronoun "We" referred to the people of Savannah, of Chatham County, and of Georgia.

"Dr. King had a quote for everything, right? The ones on my heart today are, 'We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, bound and tied in a single garment of destiny,'" Westbrook said. "This recent decision is going to make it harder for Black Georgians when they vote to actually have their influence at the ballot box felt in their own lives, their community, and in Georgia more broadly."