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Black political representation. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey called Montgomery “sacred soil” in the fight for civil rights. “if we in our generation do not now do our duty, we will lose
representation won in the civil rights movement in a state that was forged by slavery and segregation. The redraw comes as Republican-led southern states scramble to enact new maps in the wake of last
representation for generations. But Black Americans continued organizing and fighting for voting rights through strategic litigation, mass organizing and protests. The fight was not an easy one. Pillars of the civil rights movement, such
political aims — is not illegal under US law. But critics have denounced the practice as undemocratic. Discrimination based on race, however, is outlawed in the US, and laws like the Voting Rights
Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [Tennessee Republicans pass a map to break up the state's lone Democratic House seat](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5815023/tennessee-redistricting-map-passage) Republican-led legislatures in Alabama and Tennessee started special redistricting sessions within four
Black representation will disappear from the south and potentially other places too. And Latino representation as well.” The chaotic redrawing process has in large part been facilitated by the supreme court itself. For decades
political gains following the act. “That’s also because, percentage-wise, we have more Black people in Mississippi.” Now, Mississippi is [about 38% Black,](https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/MS/INC110224) the state with the largest Black population. Much
representation in the south,” said Michael Li, a redistricting expert at the Brennan Center for Justice. “The [supreme] court has signaled it’s going to be a redistricting wild west, and there will
representation by Black members of Congress may be on theway after the U.S. Supreme Court's [landmark decision Wednesday](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) to [further](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5482864/scotus-voting-rights-act-8th-circuit-vra) weaken the Voting Rights Act. Now that