NAACP Tennessee State Conference
Coverage of NAACP Tennessee State Conference in the Nexus archive.
- Three-judge panel upholds Tennessee redistricting
A three-judge panel dismissed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new congressional maps, which were redrawn to split majority-Black Memphis into three districts. The NAACP and other plaintiffs argued the maps diluted Black voting power, but the court ruled the redistricting process was protected by sovereign immunity and lacked sufficient injury claims. Additional federal challenges remain pending.
- Three-judge panel to rule on NAACP challenge of redrawn Tennessee district map
A three-judge panel in Tennessee will decide whether the state legislature overstepped its authority by repealing a law against mid-decade redistricting and altering rules for the 2026 congressional election. The NAACP Tennessee State Conference and others sued to block the new congressional map, which eliminated the state’s only majority-Black voting district.
- Three federal challenges to Tennessee redistricting now assigned to same judge
Three federal challenges to Tennessee's redrawn congressional districts have been assigned to U.S. District Judge William Campbell, Jr. The lawsuits, brought by the ACLU, NAACP, and League of Women Voters, argue the new maps split Memphis into three districts, diluting Black voting power and violating constitutional protections. The redistricting followed a Republican-led legislative session after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened parts of the Voting Rights Act.