The GOP’s “Jim Crow Gerrymander” Rips Up Memphis and America’s Civil Rights Legacy

The New Jim Crow

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision effectively endorsing gerrymanders that disenfranchise Black voters, an outbreak of racism has spread through Southern state legislatures. Tennessee Republicans are pretending Black voters in Memphis don’t exist. Florida Republicans seem to have forgotten that Floridians voted to adopt a constitutional amendment banning both political and racial gerrymanders. And then, there’s Alabama. [...]

The GOP’s “Jim Crow Gerrymander” Rips Up Memphis and America’s Civil Rights Legacy

John Nichols As Republicans destroy historic Black-majority House districts in the South, they are being compared with segregationists George Wallace and Bull Connor. The post The GOP’s “Jim Crow Gerrymander” Rips Up Memphis and America’s Civil Rights Legacy appeared first on The Nation.