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The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday urged American corporations to condemn efforts to dilute Black voting strength, as Southern states eliminate congressional districts where most residents are Black.<\/p>\n

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The CBC\u2019s attempt to mobilize the business community comes as Black representation in Congress potentially faces its most severe threat since the end of Reconstruction following the Civil War. But some business leaders have taken a friendlier tone with President Donald Trump, who backs the gerrymandering.<\/p>\n

A U.S. Supreme Court decision in April, in a case called\u00a0, sharply weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, which had blocked states from breaking apart majority-minority districts. It limited the use of race in redistricting, prompting several Southern states\u00a0to advance new maps targeting these districts, which are mostly held by Black Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese actions are not routine political exercises,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cThey are coordinated efforts to silence Black voices at the ballot box and strip communities of representation in American democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The message is addressed to more than 200 corporations and business groups that signed on to\u00a0a 2021 letter in support of voting rights, as well as an unnamed number of other corporate leaders. Among the signatories were Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, Nike, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Target, Tesla and Unilever USA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u00a0 called on Congress to update the Voting Rights Act, including changes that would restore the federal government\u2019s ability to review changes to election and voting laws in states and local governments with a history of discrimination, a practice called preclearance that the Supreme Court effectively halted in 2013.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the CBC said those companies should issue individual or joint public statements opposing efforts to dilute Black voting strength and dismantle protections in the Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers also want companies to report on corporate political spending and relationships connected to attacks on voting rights and \u201cdiscriminatory redistricting schemes.\u201d Companies should accept an invitation to participate in a national gathering alongside civil rights leaders and advocates to discuss voting rights and Black political power, the lawmakers wrote.<\/p>\n

The letter asks businesses to respond by June 9.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive years ago, corporations across America publicly affirmed that democracy, racial equity, and voting rights matter. Today, in the wake of the Supreme Court\u2019s Callais decision, those commitments are being tested in real time,\u201d Rep. Yvette Clarke, a New York Democrat who chairs the CBC, said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCorporations that have profited from Black consumers, relied on Black workers, and benefited from Black communities cannot remain silent while Black political representation is dismantled in plain sight,\u201d Clarke said. \u201cSilence in this moment is not neutrality \u2014 it is complicity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But political attitudes in parts of corporate America, especially among tech firms, have shifted since 2021.<\/p>\n

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When businesses signed the July 2021 letter, they were acting after the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white police officer in Minneapolis, and the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters. Six years later, some titans of American business have taken a more conciliatory approach to Trump and the Make America Great Again movement.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk, who leads Tesla, spearheaded the Department of Governmental Efficiency, or DOGE, initiative in 2025 that resulted in the firings and layoffs of thousands of federal workers. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has spoken positively about the president. Jeff Bezos, Amazon\u2019s CEO, called Trump \u201cmore mature\u201d in his second term.<\/p>\n

Trump has also led a push against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. In March, the president signed\u00a0an executive order targeting DEI practices by federal contractors. The directive followed another\u00a0anti-DEI order in January 2025 that encouraged the private sector to \u201cend illegal DEI discrimination and preferences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Callais, some Republicans have portrayed eliminating majority-minority districts as a constitutional imperative. The current districts\u00a0should be tossed because they were drawn with their racial makeup in mind, they say.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think race should be used to help a person because of his race, and I don\u2019t think race should be used to harm a person because of his or her race,\u201d Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiania Republican, said at a Senate hearing on racial gerrymandering last week.<\/p>\n

Rapid remaps<\/h4>\n

Since the release of the Callais decision on April 29, Florida and Tennessee have changed their maps and Louisiana is expected to follow soon. South Carolina lawmakers\u00a0tried but failed\u00a0to advance a new map and Alabama has taken steps to implement a 2023 gerrymander after the Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that had blocked it.<\/p>\n

A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday issued a new order\u00a0halting the Alabama map, which would likely force out one of the state\u2019s two Black Democratic members of Congress if enacted. The judges found that the map was racially discriminatory, even in light of Callais.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alabama\u00a0 the decision to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI applaud the three-judge panel for upholding the rule of law and reaffirming that racial discrimination has no place in our redistricting process,\u201d Rep. Terri Sewell, an Alabama Democrat who also signed Tuesday\u2019s CBC letter, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we know that this legal battle is far from over, today\u2019s ruling sends a clear message: Black voters in Alabama cannot and will not be silenced.\u201d<\/p>\n

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