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Story summary
- Republicans propose splitting South Carolina's 6th district, threatening its only Black seat since 1897.
- U.S. President Donald Trump urged GOP leaders to redraw the map, prompting Governor Henry McMaster to call a session.
- Rep. James Clyburn called the plan a modern Jim Crow effort.
- The district includes Gullah Geechee homeland, two HBCUs, and poorest counties Barnwell and Allendale.
- Clyburn secured federal funds for broadband, highways, and a 10-20-30 poverty-targeting formula.
