When it came to registered voters, how is it then that you have seven congresspeople and only one? That's what it is now. But at the end of this period of time, There were seven African American Seven congresspeople in South Carolina, only one district. They call it the shoestring district because it was drawn in such a way that all the black people were in that one district and the other six were white. And that's what it is today. I was telling my staff after reading this book, a lot of the history I vaguely remember, but you were able to connect dots … (46:56–47:18)
CLAIM
Asserts that South Carolina's congressional districts were gerrymandered to concentrate African Americans into one district.
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