On this week’s episode of The Legal Lens podcast, I’m joined by Ashley Allison and Jasmine Browley for a conversation about Black‑owned and Black‑led media, voting rights, and the future. Ashley Allison is a CNN commentator, publisher of The Root, and founder of Watering Hole Media, while Jasmine Browley is a journalist, media strategist, Forbes contributor, and former business editor at Essence whose work explores the intersection of business, culture, and media.
🔍 This clip centers on Ashley’s reflections on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais and her experience at the “All Roads Lead to the South” mobilization, which began in Selma with a crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and continued in Montgomery with an all‑day rally focused on fighting racial gerrymandering and attacks on fair representation.
She describes how Black organizers brought together thousands of people in just seven days, and why she sees this work as part of our generation’s responsibility to ensure that the efforts of earlier civil‑rights leaders are not undone.
Ashley also shares how The Root partnered with organizers by sending more than 20 creators and journalists to cover the event, interview local residents and attendees, and tell the story of how voting‑rights battles in the South are shaping democracy across the country.
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