The chosen map consolidates cities like Birmingham and Mobile into a single district. Notably, under this configuration, District 2 will have a demographic where almost half the voters are Black. Meanwhile, in District 7, Black voters will constitute just over half the electorate.
Today marks 60 years since September 15, 1963, when 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was targeted in a heinous act of racial violence.
Click ▶️ to listen to Clay Cane’s AURN News report:
On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair, were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Democratic candidate Doug Jones prevailed in Alabama’s special Senate election race Tuesday night, delivering an enormous and unexpected win for the Democratic Party that slices
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