Mississippi has only one Black justice serving on its highest court despite having the largest percentage of Black residents in the U.S. A federal judge began hearing arguments Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to compel Mississippi to redraw its three Supreme Court districts to increase the chances of Black candidates being elected.
FILE - Dyamone White of Edwards, Miss., speaks April 25, 2022, in Jackson, Miss., about being a plaintiff in a lawsuit that says Mississippi ’s three Supreme Court districts diminish Black voters’ ability to elect candidates of their choice. A federal judge in Oxford, Miss., started hearing arguments Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in the suit, which seeks to compel Mississippi to update its Supreme Court districts for the first time since 1987. FILE - Ty Pinkins of Vicksburg, Miss.
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Mississippi, Southern Poverty Law Center and the New York-based law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett filed the judicial redistricting lawsuit in federal court in April 2022 on behalf of four Black residents of Mississippi.
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