Civil rights activists react to supreme court gutting Voting Rights Act

After the supreme court’s landmark ruling striking down Louisiana’s congressional map and gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Guardian US reporter Fabiola Cineas traveled to Alabama to speak to civil rights activists who fought for the landmark bill in 1965. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Sheyann Webb-Christburg, who was known as Martin Luther King Jr’s “smallest freedom fighter” and was eight years old during the march from Selma to Montgomery, and Benny Tucker, Martin Luther King Jr’s bodyguard, both condemned the court’s decision. “It’s an assault on the struggle of the civil rights movement,” said Webb-Christburg. #civilrights #supremecourt #votingrightsact #alabama #usa