Blacks in Alabama gain congressional seat after lawsuit prompts redrawn map
By Barrington M. Salmon, NNPA Newswire A trio of federal judges chose a new congressional map for Alabama after almost two years of protracted skirmishes in state, federal and US Supreme courts. Plaintiffs, including the NAACP, ACLU, Shalela Dowdy and Evan Milligan, had filed suit to challenge a new congressional district map drawn by Republicans