via - Democracy Docket — Democratic lawmakers, civil rights leaders and protesters converged on the Tennessee State Capitol as Republicans began work to enact a new congressional gerrymander just days after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act decision — a move voting advocates say would dismantle Black voting power. The post Tennessee Democrats, civil rights leaders rebuke ‘racist’ new gerrymander as GOP begins session to dismantle only majority-Black district appeared first on Democracy Docket .