In the United States, family members of those who died in the fight for voting rights are expressing concern that the country is regressing on this issue. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Dennis Dahmer Sr., whose father Vernon Dahmer Sr. was killed in 1966 when the Ku Klux Klan firebombed the family home, wants to remind people of the price his family and other families paid for Black people to have the right to vote.
Lisa McNair arranged flowers on the grave of her late sister, Carol Denise McNair, on June 1, 2026, in Birmingham, Alabama. Carol Denise McNair was one of four girls killed in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing.
A copy of a poll tax receipt sits in the old schoolhouse meeting place in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as part of the legacy of Vernon Dahmer. After the attack on the Dahmer family home, Dennis Dahmer holds a photo of his brothers as they overlook the destroyed home after retiring from military service.
Civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was shot and killed by Ku Klux Klan members in 1965 during the Selma to Montgomery march. Her memorial is located near Lowndesboro, Alabama.
As noted in the article by Associated Press journalist Gary Fields, these families are concerned that America is losing ground on voting rights. They believe political changes and court decisions could lead to restrictions on the right to vote.