“Increasing political representation of Black Alabamians is exactly what John Lewis and the Foot Soldiers who marched across the bridge in my hometown of Selma fought for.”

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, regarding a panel of federal court judges’ decision to block Alabama’s new congressional map for its disadvantage towards Black voters. Sewell is the only Black member of Alabama’s congressional delegation. (NPR — Jan. 25, 2022)