To many legal experts, it’s hard to believe that Republican legislative leaders deliberately redrew new voting maps for the state House and Senate – as ordered by a three-judge federal court – without incorporating race as one of the nine criteria guiding the process. After all, it was the abusive, and according to the US Supreme Court, illegal use of race by Republican mapmakers in drawing the 2011 redistricting plan that earned the ire of the federal court – namely the stacking and packing of black voters into 28 of 170 districts across the state in order to severely weaken their influence in legislative races, thus giving the GOP super-majorities in both houses.
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Courts continue to weigh if the newly drawn redistricting maps for North Carolina are fair.
Howard University has appointed James Comey as the 2017-2018 Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy.
For the first time ever, all past and present African-American justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court are being honored for their contributions.
Members of the N.C. Legislative Black Caucus say after Charlottesville, it might not be the right time to push for a North Carolina Freedom Monument.
The North Carolina General Assembly lawmakers is closer to approving new redistricting maps.
Legendary civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory died on Saturday.
The North Carolina General Assembly may finish redrawing voting districts as early as next week.
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What kind of legislative voting district maps will the Republican leadership of the N.C. General Assembly?
