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What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960) was unconstitutional?
A. running for more than three terms in the U.S. Senate
B. creating a voting district that prohibited African Americans from voting
C. partisan gerrymandering
D. redistricting before the census is completed

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Answer:

B.

Explanation:

State legislature changing the boundaries of the city of Tuskegee is unconstitutional and for an injunction against enforcements. They alleged that the act alters the shape of Tuskegee from a square to an irregular 28-sided figure; that it would eliminate from the city all but four or five  of it's Negro voters without eliminating any white voter; and that its effect was to deprive Negroes of their right to vote.

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