Black Voters Matter aims for greater community power
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, speaks on voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, at King's Canvas in Montgomery, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Robert Binion Clanton leans against the 'George Washington Carver Homes Projects' historical marker during speeches at the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, May 8, in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Henry Allen, left, and Charles Mauldin stand for the protection of voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event taking place at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, May 8, in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, stands atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a famous civil rights landmark, May 8, in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, talks about the movement to increase voting rights for Black Americans during the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in Montgomery, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Black Voters Matter bus leads a "votercade" -- a motorcade of voters -- across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, May 8, in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Signs supporting Black Voters Matter dot the road at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church for the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8 in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aria Bennett rests on the shoulder of her father, Shernovius Bennett, at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, at King's Canvas in Montgomery, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, talks about expanding voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, at King's Canvas in Montgomery, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Black Voters Matter fans, shirts and wristbands were distributed along with food and toys as part of the program in the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event May 8, at Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Faya Toure, center, cheers for voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jessica Fortune Barker, cofounder of Lift Our Vote, talks about voting rights during the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jessica Fortune Barker, cofounder of Lift Our Vote, speaks about voting rights during the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, speaks on voting rights at the John Lewis Advancement Act Day of Action, a voter education and engagement event, May 8, in front of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Volunteers Paris Wilkerson, left, and Makhayla DesRosiers, right, distribute Black Voters Matter fans, shirts and wristbands as other volunteers distribute groceries, May 8, at Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala.