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NAACP alleges new Tennessee congressional map intentionally discriminates on basis of race

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NAACP alleges new Tennessee congressional map intentionally discriminates on basis of race

The NAACP on Wednesday alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court that Tennessee’s new congressional map intentionally discriminates on the basis of race. The legal action follows lawmakers’ decision to carve out the state’s only majority-Black district through a Republican-friendly map that threatens the status of the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member delegation.  Several Southern states moved toward…

Originally reported by The Hill