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Transcript: Analysis: Supreme Court upholds a North Carolina congressional district with an African-American population of 47 percent
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- NPR All Things Considered
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- April 18, 2001
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Analysis: Supreme Court upholds a North Carolina congressional district
with an African-American population of 47 percent
Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
The US Supreme Court today upheld as constitutional the creation of
a 47 percent black congressional district in North Carolina. Democrat
Mel Watt, elected to the district in 1992, became the first African-
American congressman from North Carolina since 1901. But Watts' tenure
has been clouded by constant challenges from white voters who claim
the district was racially gerrymandered. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.
NINA TOTENBERG reporting:
In its first ...