In a New Electoral Map, Black Voters of Memphis See a Fractured Future

In a new electoral map, Black voters of Memphis see a fractured future

Tennessee’s redistricting battle is one of many ahead of the U.S. midterms in November

The Republican Party Is Actively Erasing the South’s Black Voting Rights

Republished with permission from OtherWords, by Jordan Liz On May 8, the Republican-controlled legislature of Tennessee passed new redistricting maps that divide Memphis’s 63 percent Black population across three white-majority districts. This eliminates the state’s sole Black-majority district. Republicans in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia are similarly pushing redistricting maps that would decimate their majority-Black districts.…

<div class="hdcolor">Commentary | </div>Black-majority districts face elimination in new Southern redistricting maps

New redistricting maps across several Southern states are drawing criticism from voting rights advocates who say they weaken Black political representation. The changes follow a recent Supreme Court ruling affecting the Voting Rights Act. Photo: Marion S. Trikosko/Library of Congress/Unsplash by Jordan Liz OtherWords On May 8, the Republican-controlled legislature of Tennessee passed new redistricting maps that divide Memphis’s 63 percent Black…