Last year, the SPLC and voting rights advocates in Mobile, Alabama, won a historic victory when the city council adopted a redistricting map that could allow voters to elect a majority-Black council for the first time. However, a proposal by the city’s mayor to annex predominantly white areas of West Mobile could potentially change the course of the city elections by bringing in 26,000 new residents. “Now the water has gotten muddied,” Jim Flowers, director of All Saints Episcopal Church, said. “I’m not against annexation, but I am against annexing our way out of a majority-Black city. The white city council members consistently say that it’s not about race. But if you’re in the public life in the U.S., it is always about race – always.” Click the #LinkInBio to read more.