‘We’re going backwards’: Five civil rights activists slam the supreme court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act
redistricting maps, eliminating the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district. Other southern states, like [Mississippi](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/mississippi-redistricting-old-capitol), are expected to follow suit.
But the struggle for voter enfranchisement