Alito Said Racism Was Over. Southern States Are Now Rushing to Revive Jim Crow.
The article discusses the resurgence of Jim Crow-era tactics in Southern states, particularly targeting Black representation in Congress. It highlights efforts by Republican lawmakers to redraw district maps in states like South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama, effectively diluting Black voting power. The article emphasizes the alarming speed at which these changes are occurring following the Supreme Court's weakening of the Voting Rights Act.
- ▪Rep. Jim Clyburn's seat in South Carolina is at risk of being eliminated by a new Republican-drawn map.
- ▪Southern Republicans are dismantling majority-Black districts across several states, including Tennessee and Alabama.
- ▪The Supreme Court has allowed states to redraw voting maps in ways that have been found discriminatory against Black voters.
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freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); Mother Jones illustration; Chip Somodevilla/Getty, Bob Parent/Getty, Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) is the first Black member of Congress elected from South Carolina since Reconstruction, and the only Black Democrat ever elected from the state. He has been elected seventeen times during his thirty-two year career and rose to become the third-ranking Democrat in the US House. His seat was drawn in 1992 to give Black voters a chance to elect the first Black member of Congress in that state in 100 years.
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