The League of United Latin American Citizens has decided to challenge the Little Rock School Board’s recent redrawing of school board zone boundaries. The map diminished the influence of the district’s growing Latino population to the advantage of three of the four black members of the Board, who voted together for the map 4-3.

An e-mail from the local LULAC leader, Terry Trevino-Richard, explains:

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