Dyamone White of Edwards, Miss., speaks April 25, 2022, in Jackson, Miss., about being a plaintiff in a lawsuit that says Mississippi's three Supreme Court districts diminish Black voters' ability to elect candidates of their choice. A federal judge in Oxford, Miss., started hearing arguments Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in the suit, which seeks to compel Mississippi to update its Supreme Court districts for the first time since 1987. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus, File)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has the largest percentage of Black residents in the U.S., but only one Black justice serves on the state's highest court.
