Austin Toy

A panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected the effort, calling it a, quote, intentional decision to dilute minority votes.

Now the Republican-led state is asking the highest court in the land to intervene.

In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Alabama had likely violated the Voting Rights Act with its map and needed to draw a second district with a majority of black voters.

That ruling eventually led to the election of a second black Democrat from the state.

For NPR News, I'm Austin Toy in Montgomery, Alabama.

A panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected the effort, calling it a, quote, intentional decision to dilute minority votes.

Now the Republican-led state is asking the highest court in the land to intervene.

In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Alabama had likely violated the Voting Rights Act with its map and needed to draw a second district with a majority of black voters.

That ruling eventually led to the election of a second black Democrat from the state.

For NPR News, I'm Austin Toye in Montgomery, Alabama.

Seven decades later, the street corner in Montgomery where Rosa Parks was arrested now boasts a museum that tells her story.

When the boycott began, activist Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old.

She believes that even after 70 years, the fight for equality hasn't changed.

Bells are set to ring at the time of Park's arrest in Montgomery, the National Cathedral in D.C., and the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

For NPR News, I'm Austin Toy in Montgomery, Alabama.

Seven decades later, the street corner in Montgomery where Rosa Parks was arrested now boasts a museum that tells her story.

When the boycott began, activist Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old.

She believes that even after 70 years, the fight for equality hasn't changed.

Bells are set to ring at the time of Park's arrest in Montgomery, the National Cathedral in D.C., and the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

For NPR News, I'm Austin Toy in Montgomery, Alabama.