Black Voting Rights

Alabama will have to move quickly to comply with a court order to draw congressional districts for the 2024 elections. Judges indicated Friday that they will give legislators until July 21 to adopt a new map.

SCOTUS justices found that Alabama legislatures denied African American residents a fair chance of electing a representative. The high court then ordered the creation of a second majority Black district in the Yellowhammer State.

A civil rights group challenges Alabama's practice of electing appellate judges by statewide vote. Officials with the NAACP’s Alabama Chapter say the…