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race and redistricting  

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  • Supreme Court decisions concerning the practice of drawing election district boundaries in such a way as to affect African American voting strength in a single district. For the purposes of voting in federal elections, every state is divided into several different districts, or geographical regions. [Source: Student's Guide to the Supreme Court; Race and Redistricting]

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