Tuskegee’s first Black congressman faces map redraw after Supreme Court ruling
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Shomari Figures, elected in 2024 as Tuskegee’s first Black member of Congress, helped secure $1 million for a civic centre to bolster local emergency services and health facilities; but a Supreme Court ruling later weakened Voting Rights Act protections, enabling Alabama to redraw maps and potentially erase his majority-Black district, with implications for federal funding and Black representation ahead of the midterms.
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