“It basically said if you were Black in Alabama, your vote would count for less. It was our duty and honor to challenge that.”

Evan Milligan, regarding the Alabama redistricting lawsuit, for which he was the lead plaintiff, that argued the state’s rearranged congressional map still meant that candidates preferred by Black voters had no chance of winning outside a single congressional district. The maps, which were used in the 2022 midterm elections, had just one majority Black district out of seven seats in a state where Black residents make up more than a quarter of the population. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 26, allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed. (Associated Press — Sept. 26, 2023)