Tennessee state legislators on Thursday passed a congressional map that dismantles the state’s lone majority-Black district and gives Republicans the advantage in all nine of the state’s House seats.

Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee approved a new U.S. House map Thursday that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.

Tennessee Republicans have enacted a controversial U.S. House map that alters a majority-Black district in Memphis, facing significant protests and criticism from Democrats who label the move as racially motivated.

Chaos on the floor of the Tennessee legislature after lawmakers approved a new congressional map dividing a majority-black district to give the GOP an edge. Democratic State Representative Gloria Johnson is alleging racism,

Tennessee became the latest state to redraw its congressional map, breaking up a majority-Black district and adding to a national controversy over mid-decade redistricting. The move came after last week's Supreme Court ruling,

The Tennessee state legislature on Thursday passed a redistricting map that eliminates the state's last Democrat-leaning, Black-majority district.

Protesters shouted "No Jim Crow" outside the House and Senate chambers as lawmakers convened to consider the legislation.