Black women fueled a grassroots movement in Alabama - and may remake state politics
SELMA, Ala. The door of the Dodge Charger could not be closed. Jarvis, the 36-year-old black man wearing a red hoodie in the passenger seat was a potential voter. Hed praised Ainka Jacksons efforts moments earlier.
I love what yall are doing! Jarvis yelled. Jackson had squeezed between the Charger and a pickup truck to keep Jarvis from closing the door and driving off.
Jarvis said he understood that voting in Tuesdays special election for Alabamas open Senate seat mattered, but he hadnt cast his ballot as of that afternoon. Speaking with Jackson, he expressed sympathy for Alabamas homeless population. He wants to help, he said.
MLK, [he] died doing this stuff, Jarvis said to Jackson. Civil rights leaders in the 1960s were beaten for demanding a right to vote two miles from where he stood. Its time for us to step up.
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