Black church tradition survives Georgia’s voting changes

FILE - Pastor Carl Johnson from the 93rd Street Community Baptist Church prays with a large group of people before the march during the Souls to the Polls on the last day of early voting as part of one of many events prior to the general elections outside the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Miami. Black church leaders in Georgia are organizing rallies to try to get their congregants to vote as part of a longstanding tradition known as “souls to the polls.” The effort is taking on even greater meaning this year after state lawmakers nearly did away with Sunday voting.(David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)