Scores of people rallied Sunday in Jacksonville against new Florida laws, the beginning of a statewide Freedom Ride bus tour by a national civil rights organization.
The Transformative Justice Coalition, founded by human rights lawyer and advocate Barbara Arnwine, wants to spread the word that the Florida Legislature has been restricting voter registration, reproductive rights and access to information — all in an effort to get more voters of color engaged in the political process.
The five-day, 15-city “rolling protest” started on Juneteenth in Jacksonville’s Springfield neighborhood, steps away from a road called Confederate Street.
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