Harry Edwards appelle à une stratégie pour le boycott des athlètes par la NAACP

Le sociologue et militant Dr Harry Edwards a partagé son point de vue sur le récent appel de la NAACP incitant les lycéens noirs à boycotter les universités situées dans des États ayant redessiné leurs districts électoraux, suite à la décision de la Cour suprême limitant la loi sur le droit de vote (Voting Rights Act).

Edwards, âgé de 83 ans, a souligné que des États comme l'Alabama, la Floride, le Tennessee, le Texas et la Louisiane ont pris des mesures pour éliminer les districts à majorité noire. Il a précisé que cette proposition cible des régions ayant des liens étroits avec le football universitaire, où de nombreux athlètes sont noirs. Edwards a déclaré ne pas être opposé à l'idée, mais a insisté sur la nécessité d'une planification minutieuse et d'un mouvement politique plus large pour soutenir les athlètes.

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Supreme Court speeds up redistricting changes for southern states

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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a series of recent orders allowing Louisiana and Alabama to redraw congressional maps that eliminate Black opportunity districts. The rulings came in the Louisiana v. Callais case and related Alabama litigation. They mark a sharp shift in the court's approach to voting rights enforcement under the Voting Rights Act.

Thousands gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday to protest recent Supreme Court rulings on congressional districts and to retrace steps from the 1965 civil rights march.

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New congressional maps in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina have split many majority-Black and plurality-Black districts into majority-White areas. The changes follow a Supreme Court decision that weakened Voting Rights Act protections. Republicans say the maps aim to strengthen their position ahead of midterms.

A three-judge federal panel on Tuesday barred Alabama from using a Republican-backed congressional map for the 2026 elections, finding the plan was tainted by intentional race-based discrimination against Black voters. The panel included two judges appointed by President Donald Trump.

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Louisiana Republicans approved a new congressional map that eliminates one of the state's two majority-Black House districts. The change follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the Voting Rights Act.

The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 unsigned order Tuesday night permitting Alabama to implement a congressional map that eliminates a district held by a Black Democrat. The decision applies and expands the Court's recent ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to pass new congressional maps expected to eliminate the state's only Democratic U.S. House seat. Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the measure into law shortly afterward. The move followed a Supreme Court decision striking down certain majority-black districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.

 

 

 

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