Louisiana Lawmakers Advance Map To Reduce Black Districts
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“Republican lawmakers in Louisiana advanced a congressional map today to eliminate one of the state's two majority black districts. That's after the U.S. Supreme Court declared”
“Congress strengthened the law. And by 1992, the number of majority black congressional districts nationally nearly doubled. And it was because of that”
“map diluted black voting power. A federal court agreed , and Fields, who arrived in Washington a young man, returned to Congress , now in his”
“the state capitol, Republicans raced to eliminate a majority black district. The best way to end race-based discrimination, Governor Jeff Land ry said, is”
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