BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana Democrats rallied on the steps of the Capitol on Monday in favor of the two existing Black-majority congressional districts that are under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Several hundred people gathered to hear the two Democratic members of Congress from Louisiana. Members of the Black Caucus in the state Legislature also urged state officials to preserve the “four-two” congressional district map.

The state has a total of six congressional districts, four of which are held by white Republicans, including U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Bossier City, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Metairie. Almost a third of the state’s population is Black.

The rally, which lasted about an hour, was organized by citizen advocacy groups including Indivisibl

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