Congresswoman Terri Sewell hosted an event Wednesday with civil rights activists to mark the 10th anniversary of the Shelby County v. Holder decision that activists say dismantled protections of the voting rights act and unleashed a wave of voting restrictions across the county targeting Black and minority voters. Sewell says there is an on-going fight for the right to vote.
It comes as state lawmakers work to redraw congressional maps to include two majority Black districts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the map drawn by the Republican-led legislature after the 2020 census likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the votes of Black Alabamians.
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