A Black community in Louisiana faces a future without a champion in Congress after redistricting
Scotlandville, a predominantly Black community in Louisiana, faces the prospect of losing its congressional representative in Baton Rouge. The community, with a population of 10,000, has been redrawn multiple times to make it part of a majority white district. This occurred during the term of Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields, who grew up in Scotlandville and plans to return to the state legislature instead of seeking re-election in the altered district.
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision, which deemed Fields' district unconstitutional, sparked redistricting changes across the South, primarily impacting minority representation.
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