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A national civic engagement program has concluded its "Say It Louder Tour," which launched with a goal of mobilizing young Black voters, including in Alabama. The campaign was put on by Vote HBCU. The 10-stop tour at Historically Black Colleges and Universities aimed to empower students with the tools, resources and cultural engagement needed in the upcoming November Election.

On Friday, March 1, Black Voters Matter will hold a press conference on the Montgomery Alabama State University campus discussing the critical state of voting rights. This comes ahead of a U.S. Senate hearing on what BVM calls modern-day voting discrimination.

Federal judges have selected new congressional lines for Alabama ensuring a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The judges ordered the state to use the new lines in the 2024 elections.

Alabama Republicans advanced new congressional lines in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Black lawmakers call it an insult to the court's order to give minority voters a greater voice

Alabama will have to move quickly to comply with a court order to draw congressional districts for the 2024 elections. Judges indicated Friday that they will give legislators until July 21 to adopt a new map.

In today’s episode of Crunk Culture, Robin Boylorn explains the history of voter suppression and emphasizes its modern-day implications.

The thirteenth amendment did away with slavery in the United States one hundred and fifty seven years ago. Alabama voters may take similar action next month. The state’s Constitution still allows involuntary servitude. An estimated four hundred thousand slaves were held in Alabama before they were finally freed in 1865. APR spoke with the descendants of some of these people. They talked about trying to find the burial sites of their ancestors, and facing roadblocks not shared by their white neighbors.

In late 1969, Brewer and Wallace met to discuss the governor's race. Brewer left that meeting and said Wallace had given his word that he wasn't…