Tennessee's Republican-controlled legislature convened in a special session this week to redraw the state's congressional district maps, diluting a concentration of Black voters in Memphis despite vocal opposition from constituents and civil rights advocates at the Capitol.

The Tennessee Democratic Party, four Democratic House candidates, and four voters filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging the GOP-controlled legislature's redistricting plan that removed Memphis's majority-Black, majority-Democratic congressional district. The challenge marks the second legal challenge to Governor Bill Lee's signed redistricting map.