Following the 2020 census, Alabama made six of its seven districts majority white, despite 27 percent of the state’s population being Black. Though the Supreme Court allowed the map to be used ...

Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black residents when the state disobeyed court orders to draw a second Black-majority congressional district. A three ...

A federal court ruled on Thursday that Alabama's Republican-led legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters when it approved a new electoral map in 2023 that only had one majority ...

The courts then took control, eventually adopting a map where the Black-preferred candidate was forecast to win 16 of 17 elections. Shawn J. Donahue, an elections and redistricting expert and ...

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News Newbern, Alabama’s first Black mayor to take office after nearly 4 years under proposed settlement with white predecessors Updated: Jun. 25, 2024, 6:17 a.m. | Published: Jun. 24, 2024, 9:28 ...