Black politicians and activists in the South say the Tennessee expulsions are just the tip of the iceberg in a region where White Republicans dominate state politics
, a Democrat in each legislature recently flipped to the GOP, giving Republicans a supermajority to overturn potential vetoes by their Democratic governors.
Gross and other academics point to the expulsions of Black legislators that took place in the South in 1868, even before It was not the first time state Republicans tried to take control of Jackson’s operations. The city and state have been wrestling over control of Jackson’s airport for years, and the city recently fended off an attempt to take over its schools.
While the Tennessee lawmakers have gained national notoriety, Democrats are concerned that their expulsions have signaled a new strategy among Republicans. During the redistricting that followed the 2020 Census, the first decennial redrawing of districts lines since a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court gutted major sections of the Voting Rights Act, many Black lawmakers in the region saw their districts significantly altered. In the North Carolina and South Carolina legislatures, six Black lawmakers lost their reelection bids in 2022.
In South Carolina, the state NAACP filed suit, contending that Republicans drew the state’s congressional and state legislative maps in a way that intentionally diluted the voting power of the Black residents. A federal district court and appeals court have sided with the NAACP, but Republicans have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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