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How Racial Gerrymandering Divided A South Georgia Town

Georgia Today

English - November 05, 2020 19:16 - 23 minutes - 33.4 MB
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Deep in southwest Georgia, a local school board has been torn apart over racial gerrymandering. On Georgia Today, New York Times reporter Nicholas Casey discusses how the long shadow of voter suppression manifested in a voting map, and why electoral outcomes often come down to the lines we draw on paper.