A redraw of Georgia’s 2028 congressional and state legislative districts is on pause, for now, following a surprise decision by Georgia Republicans on Wednesday, June 17. The move follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision that critics say will dilute Black political power, as some other Southern states have already rushed through changes to their districts.
Georgia’s pause comes the same week the nation celebrates the end of slavery on Juneteenth.
As slavery ended, the nation entered the Reconstruction Era, and the Georgia General Assembly would see something unprecedented as a new population of voters emerged. They’d elect that state’s first Black legislators only to soon see them kicked out of the legislature because of their race.
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