Louisiana once had a rule that anyone with 1/32 of Black blood would be considered Black. The purpose was to keep white people in power, according to WWL-TV Political Analyst Clancy DuBos. But ...

Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a second time in an election under a plan that ...

The 1st District would become 73% white and 17% Black, the 2nd District projects 70% white and 20% Black and the 6th District 69% white and 16% Black. Johnson noted his version of the map split fewer ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The Louisiana legal advocacy nonprofit ... 34 percent Black, and 22 percent white. ... did delay the vote on the proposed school zone maps Monday night but did not ...

The Supreme Court, however, allowed that map to be used for the 2022 midterms, and it saw five white Republicans and one Black Democrat elected in a state where Black residents made up roughly a ...

Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order. A federal court had ruled in 2022 that Louisiana’s ...

A proposed Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district, which could deliver another U.S. House seat to Democrats, received bipartisan support and advanced through a legislativ… ...

Court Revives Lawsuit Accusing Louisiana Parish of Sacrificing Black Neighborhoods to Toxic Industry While Shielding White Communities for 46 Years Story by Atlanta Black Star News • 1w ...

The rising number of "white fortresses" throughout Louisiana and Georgia is a new form of white flight that punishes the ... Considering East Baton Rouge Parish’s 47.2% Black population, ...