Benjamin S. Turner

COMMENTARY
Two black and white photos of Benjamin Turner and Jeremiah Haralson and a sepia etching of James T. Rapier, the three Black congressmen elected from Alabama during Reconstruction.

What if Alabama had never taken anyone’s vote away?

BY: - October 16, 2023

There’s a chance — not a guarantee, but a better-than-average possibility — that two Black Alabamians will represent the state in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2025.  A federal court created two new congressional districts for the state, one with a Black Voting Age Population (BVAP) of 51.9% and one with a BVAP of […]