he Mississippi Legislature must redraw the state House and Senate district maps to create more Black-majority districts after a federal court ruled on Tuesday that the maps do not offer Black voters equal participation in the political process. The Mississippi Senate has 52 districts and the Mississippi House has 122 state House districts. But despite the fact that about 38% of Mississippi residents are Black, just 15 state Senate districts and 42 state House districts have Black majorities, or about 29% and 34%, respectively. The Legislature drew and adopted the current maps in 2022 after the 2020 Census. The U.S.…