Manufacturing Constituencies: Race and Redistricting in North Carolina, 1993

This case explores the history of redistricting and gerrymandering in the United States, with a particular focus on how redistricting has affected the voting strength of African American communities in the South. The case ends in 1993, when the Supreme Court had to determine whether North Carolina’s congressional district plan, which allegedly grouped voters by race, was a good-faith effort to comply with the Voting Rights Act or an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.