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The Struggle for Black Electoral Power in Louisiana
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
08 May 2026
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C.C. Campbell Rock is a New Orleans-based journalist. She recently wrote Louisiana v Callais: They Stole Black Power Again" for the site Black Source Media. She discusses the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act and provides a history of the struggle for Black electoral power in Louisiana. 

Louisiana v Callais
voting rights
gerrymander
Louisiana
Black Electoral Politics
U.S. Elections
Louisiana
SCOTUS

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