Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama and protects landmark Voting Rights Act
- Written by Rodney Coates, Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University
Black marchers in Selma, Ala., demonstrate for voting rights protections on March 6, 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesIn a surprising ruling on June 8, 2023, the conservative leaning U.S. Supreme Court threw out Republican-drawn congressional districts in Alabama that a lower court had ruled discriminated against Black voters and violated Section 2...