South Carolina’s 1882 voting map concentrated almost all Black voters in the 7th district, making it impossible for a Black candidate to get elected elsewhere.

South Carolina’s 1882 voting map concentrated almost all Black voters in the 7th district, making it impossible for a Black candidate to get elected elsewhere.

This type of racial gerrymandering went on for decades until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Supreme Court is expected to overturn that rule this year.

https://theconversation.com/the-supreme-court-may-soon-diminish-black-political-power-undoing-generations-of-gains-274179