Tennessee Redistricting Splits North Nashville Black Voters Along 60-Year-Old Highway Line
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Updated · NPR · Jul 13
Tennessee Redistricting Splits North Nashville Black Voters Along 60-Year-Old Highway Line
3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jul 13
Summary
North Nashville residents say Tennessee’s latest redistricting again fractures a historic Black community, diluting its voting strength in a city long shaped by racial and political boundaries.
The new map follows the same divide created about 60 years ago when a highway cut through the neighborhood, a line residents say still defines exclusion and lost influence.
For residents, the dispute is not only about district lines but about whether lawmakers are repeating a past policy that separated Black voters and weakened their collective voice.