Racial makeup of congressional districts will be issue in Alabama special session

Black lawmakers hold one-fourth of the seats in the Alabama Legislature, closely tracking the state population, which is about 27% Black.But in Washington, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, is the only Black member among Alabama’s seven representatives in the U.S. House, equivalent to 14% of the delegation.With just a few exceptions, the race of the…